Chapter Nine: … Merry
~*~* The
Stats ~*~*
Name?: Meriadoc
Brandybuck, though most call me simply Merry.
Race?: Hobbit
Sex?: Male
Eye color?: Brown
Hair color?: Also brown
Fat/skinny?: I’m about in the middle, I suppose. Unless, of course, you would compare me to,
say, Strider or Legolas…
Tall/short?: Quite tall
for a hobbit. You may thank Treebeard
for that.
Were you named after anyone?: No, I was not.
Do you have any siblings?: Actually,
no. Pippin has always been the closest
thing to a brother to me.
What are their names?: They don’t
exist. Therefore, they can’t have names.
If you could choose anyone to rule the world who would you
choose?: Strider, I’d think. He’d do a nice job.
Do you talk to voices in your head?:
Occasionally.
Do they tell you to do stuff?: Yes, and
it usually involves mischief.
Do you listen?: Much less
now than I used to.
Have you ever loved anyone?: Oh,
yes. Many people, actually.
Who is your best female friend?: I should
say my wife, Estella. She is such a
dear…
Who is your best male friend?: That’s
easy! Peregrin Took,
better known as Pippin. We’re
first cousins, you know, and the two of us drove both the Brandybucks and the
Tooks – and half the Shire - crazy as tweens.
(And they delighted in telling us so)
Have you ever broken any bones?: I’m afraid
so.
If so, which ones?: My
jaw. I was wrestling with Pippin once,
and we fell down a hill with a fairly steep drop-off. In the end, my jaw was broken, and Pip walked
away without so much as a bruise! Of course, he did feel terrible about it
later.
Do you always get in trouble? With who?:
Yes, indeed, I do. I get into
trouble with every hobbit, man, elf, dwarf, or wizard I run into, it seems.
Do/did you get along with your parents?:
My parents didn’t like all the
scrapes I got myself into. My mum,
especially, didn’t like cleaning me up.
But we got on fairly well.
What do you do most often when you are bored?: Make
trouble. Or eat. Or take a nap. Or eat.
What are your favorite smells?: Mushrooms cooking!
Have you ever dreamed of a giant white rabbit who ate your
mushrooms?: Actually…yes.
How in Middle Earth did you know that?
I had a dream but two nights ago that a large white rabbit was eating my
mushrooms…and that Pippin was helping…
Did you know that Pippin is trying to sneak answers from you
by looking over your shoulder?: No, I didn’t know – (*Here, there is an ink blotch, as if
Merry’s pen had been thrown down while he turned around to confront the
culprit…*) Thank you for informing
me.
~*~* Have you in the last 24
hours... ~*~*
...cried? No
...gotten in major trouble? Yes. I don’t consider a day worth the time if I
don’t get into some sort of trouble.
...cut your hair? Nope
...ate a meal? Of course!
...made a new friend? No
...lost something? No.
~*~* If you were stranded on an
island... ~*~*
...who would you take? Estella,
of course, and Pippin and Diamond.
And Frodo and Sam and Rosie and their children. I don’t suppose anyone else would come…
...who would you take if you only had two people you could
bring? Estella and Pippin, I suppose, but he wouldn’t leave without his Diamond.
...what three things would you bring? My cloak
the Lady gave me, and the belt, too, and my sword.
...what island would you want to be stranded on? I don’t suppose it would matter over much.
...what animal would you kill for food? I don’t think I would. You can live a long time on vegetables and
roots.
...would you write on the sand "help!"? I doubt it.
...would you panic or relax? I’ve learned that panicking rarely helps.
~*~* Have you ever... ~*~*
...run into a wall? Oh, yes. Many, many times. I wouldn’t recommend it.
...sleep walked? Not that I know of.
...had your life threatened? Not
recently…but in past years, yes.
...talked in your sleep? Yes.
...what did you say? Most recently – something close to
“come back here!” It was the same night
I dreamed about that cursed rabbit…
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