[Pippin can only lift his brows in surprise. What a braggart young Frodo was! And then to insult him by calling him an adult... It is too much.]

I'll have you know I lift from Maggot's crops all the time! Carrots, radishes, cabbages. Why, my friend Merry and I once lifted three whole bags of potatoes!

[He stops. Why is he showing off to his (temporarily) young cousin? He should be acting responsibly, shouldn't he? He's a soldier of Gondor! A hero of the War of the Ring! But then he thinks back to the Shire, and the accomplishments his fellow Hobbits deem great. It makes him smile.]

Well, I will say that taking his mushrooms three times is quite a feat indeed, and I am sure no Hobbit shall ever outmatch you there.