“Oh, poor little Niggle,” said Perkins, “never knew he painted.”
That was probebly the last time Niggle´s name ever came up in conversation. However, Atkins preserved the odd corner. Most of it crumbled; but one beautiful leaf remained intact. Atkins had it framed. Later he left it to the Town Museum, and for a long time while “Leaf: by Niggle” hung there in a recess, and was noticed by a few eyes. But eventually the museum was burnt down, and the Leaf, and Niggle, were entirely forgotten in his old country.
~J. R. R. Tolkien, Leaf by Niggle; Immagine: Leaf by Niggle V by Riana-art su DeviantArt
_Elendil
