(Author's Notes: I just re-discovered this drabble which I wrote all the way back in 2005, for hobbit_ficathon. I did not post it here at the time, as it contained a slight spoiler for "The Road to Edoras". Then I forgot all about it.)
BERILAC BRANDYBUCK MEETS THE ENTS
So.
Those are Ents. Merry and Pippin told me, but I have to confess I only half-believed. On the one hand was the evidence of my own eyes. Pippin might have had a late growth spurt-although at twenty-nine that's very late indeed. But Merry? At thirty-seven?
It was their descriptions of "tree shepherds", that I never quite believed-living near the Old Forest, I could accept trees moving. But walking and talking? Yet there they are, and glad enough to greet us as kindred and friends of Merry and Pippin.
But I don't think I shall accept any drinks from them.
Author's Note: Because FFN has disabled links on the profile page, and since non-fiction cannot be posted among the stories, I've decided to post some of my essays at my profile page. I will post one at the beginning of each month, and then replace it with a new one the following month. The essay I have posted for September 2016 is "The Myth of the One Ring's Power", which examines the effects of the Ring on various people. This essay will only be up until the end of the month.