Heh, this is the first story that came to mind. xD
Element thought, thinking of stories he'd read in the library that were appropriate for a small pup exploring the world. His mind wandered across several fairy-tales he'd read, but he didn't think they were very...realistic. They ended well enough, but he could tell this puppy hungered for something more, something to satisfy his young curiosity. Something more than the fake, happy endings that the nursery rhymes gave.
His mind wandered to a particular story - a battle of good against evil. Sometimes the evil triumphed, but in the end...the good won. It wasn't black and white - it wasn't innocent. But it wasn't an evil tale, either, and it was one that gave him hope of this new world, hope that strayed into his heart the very instant he'd read those lines he remembered from when he was a kitten -
All that is gold does not glitter,
All those who wander are not lost.
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring
Reforged shall be blade that was broken
And crownless again shall be king.
It wasn't until he'd uttered the very last word that he realized he'd recited the poem out loud. Giving a look to the puppy, Element decided to pass on a tale of the humans - a tale that had touched him in such a way that he couldn't go back. A tale that gave him hope and happiness, and one that he wished to give to this puppy so that he, too, could spread it. And perhaps he would read it himself one day.
"Let me tell you a story," Element said, "of adventure and danger, of friendship and loyalty, of treachery and the battle between good and evil." And then he launched into a tale - a tale of the adventures of Frodo and Sam and Aragorn and Gimli and Legolas, as they traveled across the lands to the darkness of Mordor to destroy the Ring. When he remembered the exact words of the author, he recited them - and when he didn't, he filled in with sentences he thought would be best. His tongue danced across his mouth, excitedly reliving the adventures of the hobbit and his friends. He told the sadness, the happiness, the adventure - he told the tale that he had been told as a kitten, so, so long ago.
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