=My own experience with Lord Of The Rings=

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Chapter 40:

The Yrch Disturbance

"Yawn!" I yawned late that night. We were sleeping on the way to the main city of the Elves. I was kind of wary about sleeping in the trees, but I figured that if Boromir could do it, then so could I. Everyone else was already asleep, but I couldn't get to sleep. It was just too freaky sleeping in a tree, no matter how thick the trees were.

I sat up as I saw Frodo arise. It appeared that he couldn't sleep either. I wondered where he was going, so I followed him. He walked over to the edge of the branch and looked out.

"Can't sleep?" I asked quietly, for some reason. He shook his head and looked out at the moon. All of a sudden, there was a grey-hooded Elf by our side.

"What is it?" Frodo asked.

"Yrch!" said the Elf in a hissing whisper as he walked by.

"Orcs!" asked Frodo, "What are they doing?" But the Elf had gone. We watched in silence for a while, listening for any indication of what was going on. After a while, Haldir returned.

"There was something in this tree that I have never seen before." He said, "It was not an Orc. It fled as soon as I touched the tree-stem. It seemed to be wary, and to have some skill in trees, or I might have thought that t was one of you Hobbits."

"I did not shoot, for I dared not arouse any cries; we cannot risk battle. A strong company of Orcs has passed. They crossed the Nimrodel - curse their foul feet in its clean water! - and went on down the old road beside the river. They seemed to pick up some scent, and they searched the ground for a while near the place where you halted. The three of us could not challenge a hundred, so we went ahead and spoke with feigned voices, leading them on into the wood."

"None of the Orcs will ever return to Lorien. And there will be many Elves hidden on the northern border before another night falls. But you must take the road south as soon as it is fully light." He said, then left.

"A hundred Orcs?" I muttered to myself, "And what do you suppose that other thing is? Gollum?"

"I do fear it." Frodo said, "Come, we must rest. Dawn is approaching quickly."

"If you say so." I said. I was still scared. So there.

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References:

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I'm sorry! That's the way that he spells G-R-E-Y! My spell-check keeps yelling at me!!!! Sorry that it's so short again. Another chapter from the book. I guess it makes up for all the chapters from the movie, right? Trees have stems?