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Exploring the Wild<br />

by EdorasLass<br />

"Is it today?" Faramir was fairly bouncing in his chair as he attempted to<br />

eat breakfast. "Today we’re going to sleep in a tent?”<br />

"It is today!" Boromir exclaimed. "You said yesterday that it was tomorrow<br />

and now it is tomorrow!" He wasn't wiggling like his brother was, but his tone<br />

told me that he was just as impatient.<br />

"You are both correct," I smiled at them as I buttered Faramir's toast. "And<br />

it is not just sleeping in a tent – you will do many other things as well.”<br />

"What other things, Nanny?" Faramir wanted to know. He was normally a<br />

neat eater, but today was managing to smear porridge all over in his hurry to<br />

finish.<br />

"I am not sure," I answered, deciding it would be wasted energy to clean<br />

his face now. "You shall have to ask Halhigil and Elchim."<br />

"Who are they?" Boromir asked. "Are they going to camp with us?"<br />

"They are Rangers," I revealed. "They are going to teach you some ranger<br />

skills."<br />

Both boys stopped eating and stared at me with wide eyes. "Are you<br />

teasing?" Faramir asked, slightly breathless.<br />

"No," I assured him. "I am not teasing. You shall spend much of today with<br />

them, in fact.”<br />

They traded looks of astonishment, and burst into excited chatter.<br />

“But –” I interrupted them, knowing how their minds ran, “you are not<br />

going anywhere without breakfast.”<br />

Obediently, they began to eat again, though, of course, still speculating as<br />

to what the day held for them.<br />

When I had approached Lord Denethor with the idea of letting them camp<br />

out in the gardens, he had not only agreed, he had arranged the whole thing<br />

much more efficiently than I could have, including finding Ithilien Rangers to<br />

take charge of them for the day. "They've not yet learned many important<br />

wilderness skills," the Steward had declared, "and this would be a fine time to<br />

start. They shall need a guard for the night as well - they certainly cannot be left<br />

alone, and I do not think it would be seemly for you to sleep in the gardens<br />

overnight.”<br />

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