Treebeards Quest
Treebeard's thoughts were his own. What he felt upon learning that his only child had been kept hidden from him and posted as the last sentry of the entwives, he kept to himself. His sole duty was to find his enting and wake the forest of Lorien before the departure of the elves from middle earth. Although the ents were a close race, the ent wives outnumbered the ents many times. (This was largely due to the murderous acts of the orcs and the casualties of the War of The Ring.) And none of the ents could be sure to remember the proper names of all the ent wives, save Treebeard's son who had been taught them in The Song of Reawakening almost from conception.
Treebeard, Bregalad and two of their companions would set out for the Shire, while the remainder of the ents would stand guard at Lorien, watching the entwives as the elves prepared for their western journey. In Lothlorien, the Lady Galadriel was preparing for her visitors. Many elves had built their flets in the lesser Mallorn trees that supplanted Lothlorien before the arrival of the ent wives. Now however the ent wives and the lesser Mallorns were nearly indistinguishable. Seeing that it wouldn't do for the ents to get the wrong idea, and seeing how some of the ents might take offense at the idea of building homes in trees in any case; Galadriel ordered that the flets be dismantled. Until the time of their departure, the elves of Lorien would sleep on the earth as other creatures did. If the weather had been colder or if the elves had loved their lady less there might have been more groaning than there was. As it was, the elves slept where they happened to be lying after the singing and dining ,dreaming of their return to the haven across the sea.
Treebeard's thoughts were his own. What he felt upon learning that his only child had been kept hidden from him and posted as the last sentry of the entwives, he kept to himself. His sole duty was to find his enting and wake the forest of Lorien before the departure of the elves from middle earth. Although the ents were a close race, the ent wives outnumbered the ents many times. (This was largely due to the murderous acts of the orcs and the casualties of the War of The Ring.) And none of the ents could be sure to remember the proper names of all the ent wives, save Treebeard's son who had been taught them in The Song of Reawakening almost from conception.
Treebeard, Bregalad and two of their companions would set out for the Shire, while the remainder of the ents would stand guard at Lorien, watching the entwives as the elves prepared for their western journey. In Lothlorien, the Lady Galadriel was preparing for her visitors. Many elves had built their flets in the lesser Mallorn trees that supplanted Lothlorien before the arrival of the ent wives. Now however the ent wives and the lesser Mallorns were nearly indistinguishable. Seeing that it wouldn't do for the ents to get the wrong idea, and seeing how some of the ents might take offense at the idea of building homes in trees in any case; Galadriel ordered that the flets be dismantled. Until the time of their departure, the elves of Lorien would sleep on the earth as other creatures did. If the weather had been colder or if the elves had loved their lady less there might have been more groaning than there was. As it was, the elves slept where they happened to be lying after the singing and dining ,dreaming of their return to the haven across the sea.