Very cute story! : )

so-fluffy-and-cute! all i have to say:aw
i was actually getting embarassed for Thranduil, but glad mini legolas didnt push for details *giggle* to cringey!

Incredibly cute! Legolas is a little rascal in the mornings, ai!

Oh, how delightful! So sweet, and a pleasure to read. I particularly liked the line, "Elbereth had seemed a likely source." And Legolas' assumption of choosing a star and asking Elbereth to grant the wish seems a great insight into what sort of childhood rituals Elves might have. Oh, and it seems that even the King is not safe from being interrupted by children at inopportune moments! Poor Ada and Nana. Perhaps they should set a guard.
Lamiel

This was a very cute vignette; the beginning very funny and then the interaction between father and son so sweet! I really liked the bits about a baby Legolas. Wonderful job!

Aw...fluff! I hope Leggy gets a good story! ( Not like we don't know already though >.

Very cute story!

Such a wonderful story. You can feel the love between Thranduil and Legolas.

Oh this is so sweet. My own son theorized that his father had put him together in his basement workshop. I told him he grew inside me and then he wanted to know how he got out, which was actually a better question than how he got in (as Thranduil knows). I love the sense you give of how greatly loved this child is. I think the elves did love their children. I can't abide the child abuse stories.

That was adorable and beautiful. Its always wonderful to see good Thranduil and son interaction. And I think the story works okay within the Light of Sons Universe, too (afterall, that is one very special Legolas whose life is a cherised gift. ;-))

This is absolutely delightful!! Thank you for sharing with us this charming vision of a sweet little Legolas and a harried Ada trying to explain "those things" to him... (snicker) Just adorable!

E! I loved this story and I have full sympathy for poor old Thranduil who's got landed with the birds and the bees talk. Description of cute little pink and wrinkly Legolas was adorable too. And Legolas threatening to bite toes... *grin*
I can still bite my toes, you know. By myself! :p

Oh, Aranel, this is so very amazing and lovely! :-):-):-) What a cute and wonderful story - I smiled, laughed and felt touched by it!
The beginning is already so very cute and typical - yes, how dare ada just sleep on such a special morning? ;-) Hm, Thilome seems to have risen early (even though you say that this story is not only for your special universe, I like *your* queen of Mirkwood so much that this is the universe I want to see it in) - I fear I can imagine her peering in through the half-open door, watching Legolas bounce with a fond and amused smile... ;-)
I loved the different techniques Legolas tried to wake up his father - and that he accuses him of snoring when Thranduil is trying not to laugh was just priceless! I can so imagine his delight at that "discovery"! And the comparison to a dwarf... *g*
Oh, the horrible threat! Yes, the king had better wake up before his precious toes get bitten! I so enjoyed this little silly conversation and the image of Legolas playing with his father's toes... You really excel at writing cute elflings! :-)
It is also so typically childlike that Legolas cannot wait for the special thing that has been promised for the day to come - yes, the story must be told at once, even before they have gotten up! ;-) LOL to his indignant "I know those stories" (I had to chuckle at what Thranduil mentioned - brought back lovely memories of a certain cross-eyed elfling... ;-)).
The whole storytelling scene was handled excellently, with all those interruptions, the conclusions Legolas jumps to, etc. - that was very realistic, and such fun to read!
But on to the details! I had to smile at the difference in the "important wishes" Legolas and Thranduil can imagine - yes, for a little elfling, an "important wish" would be the wish for a special gift (hm, and somehow, this works marvellously with children being a gift of Iluvatar to their parents, although a sled and a baby are quite different things *g*). The Elbereth theory made me smile - is that the ME equivalent of stories about the stork or cabbages or the like? Hm, yes... Picking a star sounds like a story elves might develop for that purpose. ;-)
Ah, and then, the story gets to the tricky matters... *chuckles* No, at the age he seems to be at, Legolas would not have figured out yet how the babies get inside their mothers. ;-) (By the way, I loved the detail of the lovingly embroidered blanket for "my little Green Leaf" - that was so sweet! :-))
I had to grin at Thranduil's surprise and his wondering where Legolas gets his information from... I suspect the getting of such information works similar for elven and human children (*g* is there an accompanying piece of Arasil, Curan and Legolas discussing the subject, perhaps when there is a new baby in one of the families...?).
All right... The mention of Thilome and Thranduil being very "cozy" just when Legolas arrived to snuggle in their bed cracked me up, and it is lovely to imagine the still "slightly flustered" king now... Yes, that would be a bit embarassing! ;-)
I think that, even though Tolkien did not state it explicitly, it is right that only Iluvatar can give babies to people - he is the only one who can give a new creature a soul, after all (as stated in the "Silmarillion"), so on some level, he must be involved in the conception of elflings - though I suppose it cannot quite be reduced to "He put me inside Nana for you". ;-) So innocent - and so amusing!!
But the next part cracked me up completely - Thranduil's talk about "special little pieces" is so double-sensed and both hilarious and very sweet! I think you did an awesome job of showing both the amusing embarassment at trying to explain to a child the physical basics of making elflings and the touching spiritual side with all the love (both from the parents and from Iluvatar) involved to make a very special new person... Just wonderful! :-) I loved the moment when Legolas quietly repeated "It's special" - he seems to grasp a very important and sublime truth in simple terms there... I just loved that! :-)
I also liked that Thranduil emphasized the good sides about Legolas' birth and left out all the anguish and fear they went through with that very weak little elfling - this must be a special and happy story for a special and happy day, so the tragic parts had better be discussed at another time, and, perhaps, only when Legolas is a lot older (I think he might still be too young to understand that his birth was anticipated with mixed feelings and that his parents do love him in spite of the near tragedy his coming into being caused).
And the ending - just wonderful! It is true that, from a certain point on, everyone has to "write" their own story - and I love the paternal trust Thranduil expresses when he tells Legolas that his story will be a very, very good one... So sweet! :-):-):-) (And very much in keeping with "Holding" where Thrandul expresses the very same trust in Legolas against the advisor's doubts, on another level maybe, but love and trust nonetheless).
You have done an excellent job here again - no one else writes elflings that perfectly! :-D Brilliant!

I am reading your little Legolas series but I can accept each tale as separate. I am very flexible that way. Or very forgetful, I'm not sure which.
I loved how nicely the king explained things to his son. It isn't the easiest subject in the world, or middle earth, to brooch.
I bet nana pushes the next years special story off on ada again. Usually adas tell sons and nanas tell daughters. That is how it worked in my family. I think it had to do with internal plumbing. Not sure exactly why though.
Thanx for a nice tale. I look forward to more of your series when you can. I love your family Thranduil very much and look forward to reading more about them.

You write the relationship between Thranduil and Legolas beautifully.