My Little Greenleaf ~ Little Legolas - Chapter 7: Chapter 7

Legolas pranced into the dining room cheerfully. It was the next morning and he was in a good mood. He skipped around the long table until reaching his destination. A chair beside his ada.
"Good morning, Ada!" Legolas smiled his lopsided grin. He grunted as he struggled to climb into the large chair.
Gently, Thranduil reached down towards his son and boosted him into the chair. "Good morning, my son." He smiled at his little elfling.
Instantly, after getting situated, Legolas started reaching for the trays of food. His chubby little hands piled food onto his plate in a never ending flow.
"Legolas! Slow down! How many times must I tell you that?" Thranduil laughed inside. He doubted that his son would ever be able to slow down.
"Okay, Ada! I will! Um...Ada...would it maybe be okay if we went to the garden again today? Please?" Legolas blurted.
Sighing, Thranduil answered, "Legolas...I would love to go to the garden again with you, but I can't. I have a lot of work that I must do. I'm sorry, but not today."
"Well...okay...then...maybe could...I go by myself, Ada?" The elfling said between small sobs as he began to cry.
"You may go to the garden if a guard goes with you."
"Ada..." Legolas whined, "please don't make me take a guard with...I don't want a stinky guard to come, I want you!"
"Legolas..." Thranduil said in his commanding voice that said the matter was closed, "you are taking a guard with you, or you are not going. Is that understood?"
Legolas huffed, "Fine."
"What?"
"Yes, Ada." Legolas answered grumpily.
Later, after breakfast, Legolas scampered away to get ready to go outside. After a guard arrived to take him to the garden, he hurried through the halls.
"Hurry, Melhonin!" Legolas pulled his hand to go faster.
"All right, young prince." Melhonin answered while smiling.
When they arrived at the garden, Legolas let go of the guard's hand and scampered away. He ran through the garden observing everything as Melhonin tried to keep up.
Finally, Legolas slowed down to look at some roses. He noticed a small white patch amidst the roses and bent down to look at them. Slowly parting the roses, he saw a patch of beautiful, fuzzy flowers. They looked like small fuzz balls with small green stems. Besides the white ones, there were also yellow ones! These were not nearly as pretty, thought Legolas, so he ignored them.
Gently, he picked one of the white flowers (really a weed known as a dandelion) and stood up. But as soon as he stood, the wind blew all of the petals off! Melhonin watched with a grin as Legolas picked one of the flowers again and again, attempting to stand up without letting the petals fall off.
After about five minutes, and a whole bunch of flowers, Legolas finally managed to keep the petals on a dandelion by covering the petals with his hand.
"My prince, what, may I ask, are you going to do with that flower?" Melhonin questioned.
Legolas looked up at Melhonin, "I am gonna give it to my ada!" Then, he began walking off back to the palace. Melhonin followed as he grinned at the little elfling.
When they arrived back at the palace, Legolas went straight to the throne room. The guards, seeing their prince coming, opened the doors for him. He entered the grand room and kept walking to his father, now holding the flower behind his back.
Thranduil looked up at his son from talking to some elves, and seemed surprised, "Legolas! What are you doing here?" He tilted his head in questioning.
"Hi, Ada. I have a surprise for you." Legolas shyly looked at his ada.
Thranduil thought for a moment, and then looked back at the elves he was speaking with. Quickly he waved them away, "We will resume later."
After they had left, he motioned for his son to come forward. Legolas walked up to his ada. Then, he held out the dandelion that had miraculously survived through everything, and handed it to Thranduil.
Thranduil looked at the flower and back at his son. Then, he smiled. He pulled Legolas onto his lap and hugged him!
"Thank you, Legolas!" Thranduil didn't care that it was a weed, but he thought how blessed he was to have such a wonderful son like Legolas.
And in that moment, he knew that when Legolas grew up, he would be a great king.
Thranduil had no doubt about that.