Dear Mother and Father,
I have been furiously writing music and lyrics the past few days to be in time for the Bard's Day Concert in honour of master Ronald Dwale, a very talented hobbit poet and musician.
But the day before the concert, I was invited to a Mathom Teaparty by miss Lina! It took me a while to decide if I should bring something along and then I couldn't decide what to bring, until Rua suggested the plinth that has been in his family for generations. It was made by his great great great grandfather to give to his great great great grandmother, when he asked her to marry him. Ever since, it's been helping hold up the houses of each generation and now it's helping hold up the burrow Rua and I live in. It's not very pretty to look at, but it means a great deal to him and he says I will inherit it when the time comes. He always waggles his eyebrows when he says that, so I know he means when I get married. Except that isn't very likely to happen.
It was very heavy to drag over to the Grand Order's hall, where a few hobbits were singing and dancing to pass the time. Jardic was too busy making sure his outfit was perfect to help out, though he did arrive later, in the middle of tea. So many hobbits were crowded around the tea-table, there was barely any room left!
It was lovely to see so many familiar faces. And the mathoms that were brought! First miss Lina gave us a bit of history about mathoms, then she showed us a club that is supposed to be the one the Bullroarer used to lop off that goblins head. Though then she told us there were thirteen others that were all claimed to be the very same club! So no one really knows which is the real one any more.
Then the rest of us showed off our mathoms. Jardic even helped me drag mine over to where everyone was sitting. There were all sorts of mathoms, a few daggers or knives that had markings... I can't remember all of them unfortunately, and so many people had brought mathoms, Lina said she would organise another mathom teaparty at a later date, that maybe we can make a regular thing of it! I think it was a great success, so that would be a lovely idea.
After that, it was back to writing the last bits of my songs and practicing them for the Bard's Day concert, which was held at the Ivy Bush Inn in Hobbiton and almost didn't happen due to a sudden storm that kept everyone indoors until it cleared up a bit. But despite the storm, many hobbits managed to showed up for the concert. The music played was sometimes merry and sometimes very melancholy. More than a few tears were shed when the Badgers played some elven songs. And Lina sang so beautifully!
Then I was allowed to play my songs. I was so nervous! Though I hope no one noticed. And they seemed to like my songs as well, which made me happy. Maybe I'll play them at the Green Dragon some friday evening. The first song I played was The Great Adventure. I wrote the text for that over a year ago and have always had the tune in my head, but never managed to write it down until just the other day. The second song was Hobbital Things To Do, which just describes things that hobbits like to do.
After I was finished, there were a few others who played songs and we danced the night away and raised toasts to master Ronald Dwale until it was time to go home. All in all a very enjoyable evening.
Your loving Zara
