<b>By the end of the third song, Pegawen had the hobbits red-cheeked in laughter, and she was quite ready to take a break. “Mister Pippen,” she started as they protested her putting her harp away, “why don't you tell us a story from the shire while we wait. I'm sure the wizard would like to hear a bit more about your home.” <br/>
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This opened up a stream of chatter from the pair as Pippen started a tale, Merry interjecting with his own take on how things occurred. Pegawen returned to the stump she'd be sitting on to play music, shaking her head at the two. “Wait, wait ...” she finally paused them as the story became too tangled to decipher. “You,” she pointed to Merry, “decided it'd be a good idea to sneak into a farmer's mushroom fields at night.” She holds a hand up as Pippen starts to speak. “And dragged Pippen along … wait why?”</b><br/><br/>“<b>Because if the farmer sent the dogs after us, he's a slower runner than me. They'd catch him first and I'd get away with the mushrooms. And since he'd not have any, the farmer'd have to let him go.”</b><br/><br/><b>Pegawen opened her mouth to suggest that perhaps they'd have been better off simply not raiding the farmer's fields, but she could tell they'd done it more for mischief and had actually gone and paid the farmer back the next day. <br/>
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Allassiel rolled her eyes at the two. “Maybe not stealing the man's food would have been better?” she asked, garnering her amused glances from both hobbits. <br/>
</b><br/>“<b>Well, maybe we've time for another story if anyone wants to hear about ...” She was cut off by the approach of Lotharn and Flagdon, returning from their hunt. She stood and waved as she joined them. “How did the hunt go?” she asked, leaning up to offer Lotharn a kiss.</b><br/><br/><b>When she was told of their success, Pegawen nodded. “We'll have enough for a few days yet, especially if I can find some edible plants growing along the way to add to the pot.”</b>