Drabble: Too Long to Wait: Mathom

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“For the life of me, Frodo,” Aragorn said with a frustrated sigh. “These pieces are too small for my fingers!” He chuckled a little. “It is the dwarves’ revenge on the rest of the Free Peoples to design toys utterly impossible!”

“Ellohir will be here soon.” Frodo looked nervously at the door.

“Do you not think that you should do this?” Aragorn asked. “Your fingers are much smaller.”

“It is your birthday.”

“Yes,” Aragorn said, his eyebrows lifted. “And there is a celebration feast in my honor that I should be preparing for.” He laughed. “Instead, I prepare a mathom.”

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