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" If I am not mistaken," said the large tree ," your feet do not feel like the feet of any squirrel that has trod upon my bark before." And indeed if any mistakes were made it would have been excusable for not many things were as they appeared in Fangorn Forest. For this was no ordinary tree, but an ent;Bregalad, a survivor of the battle of Orthanc in which the ents had crumbled the fortress of Saruman the White. And the squirrel was Rhadaghast the Brown, one of the few wizards remaining in Middle Earth after the War of the Ring. "Well met ,"said the jovial, amber robed man now sitting on the uppermost branch of Bregalads leafy, maple-like foliage. " I see the wits and intuition of the ents have not lessened with the passing of ages since I last traveled to this part of the land. As ents are such unhasty conversationalists, and as I am the unbidden guest of your person, I shall introduce myself first." He continued," I , Rhadaghast the Brown, have come to speak with Treebeard, master of Fangorn Forest. I have come to deliver the last message of he that the elves name Mithrandir, which he left with Tom Bombadil before departing Middle Earth."
Here is the 2nd chapter I hope to make the format much more readable.
" Hroom," said Bregalad," More ancient beings than I have thought all wizards vacated from Middle Earth. I am most pleased that for once we Ents were too hasty. But as always we welcome our former allies and I, a notoriously impatient ent, hunger for news of the last Tidings of Mithrandir. If it is not unwise, perhaps you could tell me something more of them as we journey towards the home of Treebeard." " It concerns the ent wives," said Rhadaghast shortly. At this the amazement of Bregalad stopped all speech and they continued on in silence. Treebeard sent forth messengers at once saying only that all ents should gather close to Fangorn to hear news, which concerned them all. And for many days ents came pouring into the region of the forest. An observer would have thought the plates of Middle Earth were moving as seemingly whole forests of tall ents, gray broadleaved ents, large, evergreen ents, and even white flowered,oakish ents shifted southwards.
When, at last, they all seemed to have arrived there began one of the longest Entmoots since the passing of the elder days. The ents had waited long for news of their kindred and explanations for the abrupt disappearance and long absence of the entwives. Thus, Rhadaghast the Brown was forewarned of what to expect. But even the wise, patient Rhadaghast began to lose his temper over the oncoming weeks. They broke only for meals and rest. (For we must at all times think rationally they thought. And even ents are not at their best when sleepy.) They questioned poor Rhadaghast about all he knew and what he couldn't have known and what was perhaps best not known at the time. Finally when they had learned all they could of the wizard, this is what they found out.
The Mallorn Trees
In the time before the War of the Ring, the ents had become somewhat estranged from the ent wives, although they were still great friends and visited each other often, or as often as such great territorial separation allowed. And being thus alone, the ent wives came under attack from a great band of orcs. Although, for the most part, they escaped with their lives; they no longer felt safe in their homes and set off at once seeking protection. Fleeing to their ancient friends, the elven race of Lothlorien,they beseeched Lord Celeborn and Lady Galadriel for aid. They gladly consented ,both out of love for the ent wives and for the incomparable beauty such guests would bring to their native land. For the ent wives resembled the most beautiful of trees of every variety ; but were gifted with perfect symmetry and beautiful draping flowers, which bloomed year round. So the years passed and the ent wives stayed and the legend of the magnificence of Lothlorien grew. Also,by some association with these elves they grew even more beautiful and began producing golden blooms and leaves. However, they became very lonely. Without the conversation of the ents, they grew more treeish and soon stopped speaking altogether. The elves, believing this was their wish, had not disturbed the Mallorn trees for some years. But now the time of the elves was passing, as was Lothlorien, and the ent wives must be revived.
" If I am not mistaken," said the large tree ," your feet do not feel like the feet of any squirrel that has trod upon my bark before." And indeed if any mistakes were made it would have been excusable for not many things were as they appeared in Fangorn Forest. For this was no ordinary tree, but an ent;Bregalad, a survivor of the battle of Orthanc in which the ents had crumbled the fortress of Saruman the White. And the squirrel was Rhadaghast the Brown, one of the few wizards remaining in Middle Earth after the War of the Ring. "Well met ,"said the jovial, amber robed man now sitting on the uppermost branch of Bregalads leafy, maple-like foliage. " I see the wits and intuition of the ents have not lessened with the passing of ages since I last traveled to this part of the land. As ents are such unhasty conversationalists, and as I am the unbidden guest of your person, I shall introduce myself first." He continued," I , Rhadaghast the Brown, have come to speak with Treebeard, master of Fangorn Forest. I have come to deliver the last message of he that the elves name Mithrandir, which he left with Tom Bombadil before departing Middle Earth."
Here is the 2nd chapter I hope to make the format much more readable.
" Hroom," said Bregalad," More ancient beings than I have thought all wizards vacated from Middle Earth. I am most pleased that for once we Ents were too hasty. But as always we welcome our former allies and I, a notoriously impatient ent, hunger for news of the last Tidings of Mithrandir. If it is not unwise, perhaps you could tell me something more of them as we journey towards the home of Treebeard." " It concerns the ent wives," said Rhadaghast shortly. At this the amazement of Bregalad stopped all speech and they continued on in silence. Treebeard sent forth messengers at once saying only that all ents should gather close to Fangorn to hear news, which concerned them all. And for many days ents came pouring into the region of the forest. An observer would have thought the plates of Middle Earth were moving as seemingly whole forests of tall ents, gray broadleaved ents, large, evergreen ents, and even white flowered,oakish ents shifted southwards.
When, at last, they all seemed to have arrived there began one of the longest Entmoots since the passing of the elder days. The ents had waited long for news of their kindred and explanations for the abrupt disappearance and long absence of the entwives. Thus, Rhadaghast the Brown was forewarned of what to expect. But even the wise, patient Rhadaghast began to lose his temper over the oncoming weeks. They broke only for meals and rest. (For we must at all times think rationally they thought. And even ents are not at their best when sleepy.) They questioned poor Rhadaghast about all he knew and what he couldn't have known and what was perhaps best not known at the time. Finally when they had learned all they could of the wizard, this is what they found out.
The Mallorn Trees
In the time before the War of the Ring, the ents had become somewhat estranged from the ent wives, although they were still great friends and visited each other often, or as often as such great territorial separation allowed. And being thus alone, the ent wives came under attack from a great band of orcs. Although, for the most part, they escaped with their lives; they no longer felt safe in their homes and set off at once seeking protection. Fleeing to their ancient friends, the elven race of Lothlorien,they beseeched Lord Celeborn and Lady Galadriel for aid. They gladly consented ,both out of love for the ent wives and for the incomparable beauty such guests would bring to their native land. For the ent wives resembled the most beautiful of trees of every variety ; but were gifted with perfect symmetry and beautiful draping flowers, which bloomed year round. So the years passed and the ent wives stayed and the legend of the magnificence of Lothlorien grew. Also,by some association with these elves they grew even more beautiful and began producing golden blooms and leaves. However, they became very lonely. Without the conversation of the ents, they grew more treeish and soon stopped speaking altogether. The elves, believing this was their wish, had not disturbed the Mallorn trees for some years. But now the time of the elves was passing, as was Lothlorien, and the ent wives must be revived.