Ruby, your use of Tolkien voice in this story just blew me away.

*happy dance* Budgie, you can't know how much your telling me this delights me. I've recently been working on my language a fair bit, especially for the stories for this challenge because they're slightly different than my usual. Thank you *so* much for telling me this, and for your entire comment!

And I hope you enjoy the Apple Cake, too. :)