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The Color Gold, by Alice Walker

by Waz Up

Dear Rosie,
I decided to write to you instead of that Iluvitar creature Mr. G----- told me about. It just easier picturing you and your sweet smile. And a lot nicer too.
Anyway, the other day, I near thought I gonna freeze to death. We was moving along just fine and happy when Mr. G----- spotted some birds and what does he do? Turns us ‘round and brings us u a mountain. Don’t make no sense to me but I know better than to say anything. And sure enough, it start to snow and snow, and then the mountain just crashed down on top of us. All I could see for the longest time was white, and I thought I was dead. But Master ----- pulled me out. And wouldn’t you know it, the next thing we doing is goin’ back down the mountain. It just don’t make no sense to me, but a lot of things don’t make no sense to me, so I must just be missin’ something.
Until next time,
Love,
Your Sam


Dear Rosie,
Moria sure is dark all the time. Mr. Gimli say his cousin Balin used to live here, but I don’t see why anyone want to live in the dark with all these rotten’ bodies lying ‘round. You think they at least clean up the place a bit.
Mr. G----- has a light at the end of his staff that he usin’ to light the way a bit, but I don’t like the dark any less. I keep close to Master ----- and he try and comfort me. Maser -----‘s sweet like that. He’s good company and all, but I sure do miss you.
Until next time,
Love,
Your Sam


Dear Rosie,
Master ----- almost die again today. There we was standin’ in this big room and Mr.
G----- was readin’ from some big book he found, I don’t know why, but he was readin’ and what does Mr. P----- go and do? He go and knock one of them rotten bodies down a well, for no clear reason that I can see. And the next thing you know, there’s all these ugly mean creatures comin’ at us with arrows and swords and all and a great huge cave troll that nearly went and smash me to death, but for Mr. A----- and Mr. B----- savin’ me. They sure is brave men. Much braver than me. I was so scared. But I fought cause Master ----- fought and next thing I know I lost Master ----- and the big mean troll had him stuck at the end of a long pointy stick. But Master ----- had him a shiny silver shirt he got from his Uncle B----- and he wasn’t hurt. I beginin’ to think Mr. G----- should of gotten Master ----- a better protector than me. I just too slow to do any good. Maybe I should of stayed at Bag End and tend the garden. It must be lookin’ something sad by now and it really should be nice and pretty when Master ----- returns from his trip.
Until next time,
Love,
Your Sam

P.S. Mr. G----- went and dropped himself down a cliff, I don’t know why. But we was sad to see him go and poor Mr. P----- could hardly stand from grief being as he was the one went and started the noise to begin with and Master ----- was so upset, he didn’t want to be near nobody. But Mr. A say we got to get goin’, so we goin’.
I sure am goin’ to miss Mr. G-----. He had such pretty fireworks.


Dear Rosie,
I thinkin’ this journey ain’t ever gonna end. I thought we be in Mordor by now, but we just in another forest with some more elves. The Lady G----- here is real nice and lovely, but she kinda scare me. She had me look in this mirror of hers and I saw you and everyone bein’ tortured and the Shire all burnt up. I started crying so hard I wanted more than anything to come home and see that you and my Gaffer and all was ok. But Master ----- ain’t leavin’ yet, and so I have to stay with him. Anything less just wouldn’t be right at this point.
But I want you to know I thinkin’ of you all the time.
Until next time,
Love,
Your Sam


Dear Rosie,
I sure don’t like boats and a week on this river ain’t changed my mind one bit. Mr. A----- say we be comin’ near the end soon, and I be glad when we do cause I swear there’s this strange log with eyes following us.
On top of everything, Mr. B----- been given Master ----- strange looks all week and I don’t like it too much. Master ----- don’t notice though. He so tired all the time lately, poor Master ----- ain’t been sleeping too well since we left the Lady G-----.
If we had any proper food, I’d cook him up a nice good meal and make him feel better. But we got to watch our food.
Until next time,
Love,
Your Sam


Dear Rosie,
Someone back a couple of Ages ago went and put a couple of statues on the river. They so huge they reach all the way up to the sky. Mr. A----- say they be great Kings long ago, but they kinda scare me. Master ----- was kinda scared too, though he tried not to show it. I was glad when we got past them.
Now we camping out near this big waterfall, which means no more boats for awhile. Mr. A----- tryin’ to decide what way we should go – Mordor or Gondor. I try to tell them it makes no sense to go to Gondor being as we came to destroy the ring and the only way of doing that is going to Mordor, but I don’t think they listen much.
Now Mr. B----- comes back (where did he goes? I wonder) and he all upset about something. Seems he and Master ----- had a fall out and Master ----- put on the ring and disappear! And Mr. B----- have no idea how long ago this was! I got to look for Master
-----. I ain’t losing him again.
Until next time,
Love,
Your Sam


Dear Rosie,
Well, Master ----- went and almost lost me, but I got him to take me with him to Mordor. Almost had to drown myself before he agree. I know he rather go by himself and not put no one else in danger, but there just ain’t no way I was letting him go alone.
I know what we trying to do is as close to impossible as you can get, but at least we got to try. I understand that much at least. And I beginin’ to think I ain’t ever gonna see you again and that make me sad, so I try not to think about it. But I sure do miss you.
Until next time,
Love,
Your Sam