2006 Birthday Drabbles
Gandalfs apprentice's 2006 Birthday Gifts: 12. Challenged
Challenged
Thorongil was wary of the whole notion, though every other man seemed content and even comfortable, including Imrahil, and protest would change nothing about the situation.
You are being ridiculous - it cannot be that difficult. You have slept in a tree!
Thorongil studied the contraption, remembering how he had seen the other men manage. They backed into it, as if sitting in a chair. None of them climbed into it as one would a bed.
There was nothing else for it – he could hardly sleep on the deck. Resigned, he approached the hammock, and gingerly lowered himself toward the canvas.