A Fool's Errand  

'Yes, well. You really can't seem to get enough of that maze. No matter! No one will ever beat my best time. Only three minutes and a few seconds more!

'I am sorry to have to break this to you, but it is folly to think that you can match my time. Try if you must, but I simple do not wish for your hopes to be disappointed. It can be so discouraging to fail.

;You still mean to try, do you? Very well. You have three minutes. I am not worried. No one will ever beat my time. Now please, leave me be! I am trying to enjoy the spring before it fades into another sweltering summer, and I cannot do it if you are hovering about like a gnat.'

Gil Plover, the Maze-master of Bree, has challenged you to get through the maze, from start to finish, before the time runs out. You must not tarry long within the hedge-walls.

Objective 1
Enter the hedge maze
The entrance to the hedge maze is near the festival grounds in the Horse-fields, a distance to the north of Bree-town.

Gil Plover has challenged you to get through the maze, from start to finish, before the time runs out. The time he has allotted is the same amount of his record run.

Once you enter The Hedge Maze.

Objective 2
Find your way out before the time expires

The exit to the hedge-maze is around here somewhere..or is it?

You should try to find your way out of the maze before the time runs out. Gil Plover got out in just over three minutes; can you navigate the paths in less?

Objective 3
Talk to Gil Plover outside the maze in the Horse-fields
Gil Plover is standing near the hedge maze, which is very near the festival grounds of Bree-land, north of Bree-town.

You should speak with Gil Plover, for you can show him that you are the fastest maze-runner of all.

This quest is also involved in the deed: Spring is Dandy