-=- Pendlemere-by-Cotton-Lake     In the days of halfling old, the gather ‘round the village center, telling stories of the days of old and the times of great. Recently, the halflings have no place of burrows-filled-with-mead, no place of stories-of-the-old, and no place of any gathering and good feelings at all.   In the ancient times of the halflings, it is said that the Great Knox formed our hearts of joyous prosperity and feet of simple travel, and told us to si