Then, after a few months of quietness, a dwelf named Ethan came out of the bushes with a map.

Tooky waved at Ethan. "Hey Ethan!" she said.

Ethan waved at everyone and said, "Am I close to the Shire?"

Berry suddenly appeared. "I have no idea, Ethan," she said. "I don't even know where I am."

"On the map it says we are at Islie's Island" , Ethan pointed out to Berry

"Oh! Lovely!" she said. "Um... I can't really see anything... would someone mind if I got on their shoulder-- or, better yet, on top of their head? I only weigh 17 grams."

"Sure climb atop mine", said Ethan, and so she climbed atop his head and looked around.

"Oh!" she said. "It's lovely here." She closed her eyes, felt the wind blowing through her whiskers, and sighed deeply-- so deeply in fact, that she nearly fell off Ethran's head.

"Be careful", said Ethan, "Now we need to find a way to reach the Shire and take all these folk with us if they want to come that is."

"I would love to go to the Shire," Berry replied. "Maybe there's a way to get there from the Wood Between the Worlds," she said, holding up two yellow rings and two green rings.

"Ooh, are these THE rings that were used by the Lord Digory and the Lady Polly!?"' exclaimed Ethan.

"Yep!" Berry said, grinning whisker to whisker. "Do you want to use them?"

"Yes, but to be sure that we are sure which is which", replied Ethan," we should put the green in the left pocket and the yellow in the right."

"I don't have pockets," Berry pointed out.

"Hmm, that is a good point", said Ethan with disappointment, then a gleam came into his eye....