[ksen]

It would seem that Sam got over his dread of the big people rather quickly.

I wonder if the proximity of Strider and his sword had anything to do with that? ;^)

-Kevin

[Overtaxed]

To me, Sam seems to be defending Strider in that apple-tossing incident. I was pretty impressed since Sam is so slow to trust him in the first place.

[cantbebought]

I don't know about that, remember Strider's sword is still broken. Besides, Ferny is a coward, he runs away when confronted when the hobbits return to the Shire so I'm sure Sam could take him.

uh-oh, getting ahead of the story again...back to Tooks' corner