I stared through slitted eyes at the two characters facing me, one silent and watchful, the other spluttering and hissing.
“Master Gollum,” I announced, making my voice powerful and strong “You claim that Master Panda stole your precious.”
“Curse us and hate us, master judge,” wheezed Gollum, “ Yes, this ‘orrible creature may look cute but he’s as bad as they get. Yes, Yes.”
“And you also claim that he was a sidekick to Bilbo Baggins?” I posed this as a question. At this Gollum screeched.
“I’ll kill that miserable hobbit! It stole it from us! Curse us and hate us!” after this outburst Gollum started sobbing uncontrollably. I turned to the panda, who had watched these proceedings so far with an amused expression on his face.
This was too much for poor Gollum. He jumped at the panda and landed on him, beating his head with a rock that he had somehow acquired. The panda squealed and tried to escape, to no avail. I sighed and motioned for the guards to get this under control. Silently, I wondered how many judges had ever had Gollum in their courtroom. Not many. How I envied them at this moment.
“Master Gollum,” I announced, making my voice powerful and strong “You claim that Master Panda stole your precious.”
“Curse us and hate us, master judge,” wheezed Gollum, “ Yes, this ‘orrible creature may look cute but he’s as bad as they get. Yes, Yes.”
“And you also claim that he was a sidekick to Bilbo Baggins?” I posed this as a question. At this Gollum screeched.
“I’ll kill that miserable hobbit! It stole it from us! Curse us and hate us!” after this outburst Gollum started sobbing uncontrollably. I turned to the panda, who had watched these proceedings so far with an amused expression on his face.
This was too much for poor Gollum. He jumped at the panda and landed on him, beating his head with a rock that he had somehow acquired. The panda squealed and tried to escape, to no avail. I sighed and motioned for the guards to get this under control. Silently, I wondered how many judges had ever had Gollum in their courtroom. Not many. How I envied them at this moment.