Scene Eight
(We now are in the Fangorn Forest, and we go back to the night in which the Urak-hai camp sight was attacked. We see Rippin Took & Jessie Brandybuck running into the forest, desperate to escape the horrible battle, taking place in the camp sight. Finally, they plop down in a small clearing in exhaustion, looking at one another with both worry and optimism)
Rippin Took: (Through her breaths) Did we lose him? I think we lost him.
(Unable to reply, Jessie Brandybuck merely nods in agreement. Then, her face goes into a look of pure horror as she looks over Rippin Took's shoulder. Rippin Took looks behind her and gasps. Coming from the trees, swiping at any branches in his way, is Urak-hai Member#8. When he sees them, he lets out a vicious growl. We get a look at his maddened, horrible face)
Urak-hai Member#8: (Viciously shouting) I'M GONNA RIP OUT YOUR FILTHY LITTLE INNARDS! COME HERE!
Jessie Brandybuck: (In a small voice) Or-he's right there.
Rippin Took: (Desperately) What're we going to do?
Jessie Brandybuck: (Pushing Rippin Took) RUN!
(Both the hobbits scamper deeper into the wood, but Urak-hai Member#8 is in angry pursuit, not letting down for a moment. The hobbits hide at the base of a huge tree, hoping that they will not be found)
Rippin Took: (In a frantic whisper) Oh-this is hopeless! If we only had a tree to climb!
Jessie Brandybuck: (Looking about frantically, and seeing their huge tree, and whispering) The tree! Climb the tree!
Rippin Took: (Looking behind her and flinching from the shock) Whoa! Where did that come from?
(Without hesitation, the hobbits run to the tree, looking back to see Urak- hai Member#8 coming closer. Rippin Took tries to climb up first, but is getting a hard time footing. Jessie Brandybuck grabs the other's bottom and pushes her up. Rippin Took scolds at the other)
Rippin Took: (Angrily) What'd you grab my butt for?
Jessie Brandybuck: (Angrily) Damn it, Rippin! Just go! (Rippin Took quickly climbs up the tree, followed shortly by Jessie Brandybuck. We focus of Jessie Brandybuck as she gets to the bottom half of the tree and looks through a break in the branches. She looks about for any sign of Urak-hai Member#8, but there is none)
Jessie Brandybuck: (In a relaxed tone) He's gone. Thank goodness!
(Suddenly, Jessie Brandybuck screams as something grasps her ankle and begins to pull down with horrifying strength. Rippin Took looks down and screams as she sees Urak-hai Member#8 pulling the struggling Jessie Brandybuck down)
Rippin Took: (Screaming) AH CRAP!
Jessie Brandybuck: (Struggling and trying to keep a good grip on the tree limbs, but finds she's slipping) Rippin!
Rippin Took: (Horrified) Jessie! Hold on! I'm coming down!
(But it's too late. With a shout of anguish, Jessie Brandybuck is pulled down by Urak-hai Member#8. He gives a shout of triumph, but a quick blow to the face quickly silences it by Jessie Brandybuck's foot)
Urak-hai Member#8: (Appearing unaffected by the blow, and looking even angrier) Nasty hobbit should think twice before kicking Orcs!
(Jessie Brandybuck jumps to her feet and begins to dash away, but stops as her pants slip. With a groan, she stops and pulls them up. This gives Urak-hai Member#8 time to pounce on her and bring her to the ground. Jessie Brandybuck lets out a high-pitched scream and we see Rippin Took watching the scene with a horrified stare)
Rippin Took: (Tears of fear coming to her eyes as she screams) JESSIE!
(While the hobbit is looking away, we suddenly see two eyes in the tree open-Rippin Took wasn't climbing a tree, it was an Ent. And it was not just any Ent-but it's Big Nuts. Though, none of the hobbits knows this at the moment. Hearing a noise, Rippin Took looks at the tree in disinterest. Then, her face goes into a state of shock as she looks back slowly and sees Big Nuts staring at her. We see Rippin Took give a horrified shout, then let go of the Ent. But it causes her to lose balance and she begins to fall. But with a swift movement, Big Nuts catches her silently. That's when we see Urak-hai Member#8 grasping Jessie Brandybuck by the shoulder with one hand, while the other raises a broadsword)
Urak-hai Member#8: (Evilly and angrily) Let's put a maggot hole in your belly!
Jessie Brandybuck: (In a frightened squeak) Uh-no! Let's not do that! Can't we just talk about this or-? (Jessie Brandybuck stops talking and starts gagging as Urak-hai Member#8 moves his hand from her shoulder to her throat, and begins to apply pressure. Jessie Brandybuck's glasses go askew and she begins to struggle violently)
Urak-hai Member#8: (Evilly) You're done talking, little hobbit!
(Jessie Brandybuck looks over the Orc's shoulder and her eyes widen as she sees Rippin Took being grasped by a tree. Urak-hai Member#8 doesn't seem to notice as Big Nuts approaches him from behind and slowly lifts up his leg over the Orc)
Urak-hai Member#8: (In a slick voice) The only talking you'll ever do is the scream of pain you release when I tickle you with this! (Indicates the broadsword)
(Urak-hai Member#8 raises the broadsword and gets ready to strike, but he doesn't get that far. Before he can do anything else, Big Nuts squashes him beneath his massive, tree foot. Jessie Brandybuck scurries away from the scene, screaming in fright at what just transpired, then goes white in the face as she sees what's in front of her. For a while, she just stands there and stares at the Ent)
Rippin Took: (Urgently) RUN, JESSIE! RUN! KILLER TREE!
(Jessie Brandybuck whips around and makes to dash into the forest, but with one motion, Big Nuts scoops up the hobbit. He brings the struggling Jessie Brandybuck to his vision, then Rippin Took. Both are speechless as they stare into the eyes of the Ent, both horrified at what is in front of them)
Big Nuts: (In a slow, grinding type of a voice) Little Orcs?
(Both Jessie Brandybuck & Rippin Took look at one another in confusion. Rippin Took gawks at the Ent in both fear and wonderment)
Rippin Took: (In a small tone) The tree is talking! The tree is talking, Jessie!
Big Nuts: (In a rolling voice) Tree? I am no tree! I am an Ent!
Jessie Brandybuck: (A smile of wonderment coming to her face) A tree- herder! A shepherd of the forest!
Rippin Took: (In a desperate tone) Don't talk to it, Jessie! You'll only encourage it!
Jessie Brandybuck: (In a scornful voice) Encourage it to do what, Rippin, throw Miracle Grow on us?
(Big Nuts begins to move through the forest with slow, but powerful strides, both hobbits in hand. We see that he has huge acorns rest upon his head with the leaves and branches. He is rather tall and his bark is thick with age) Jessie Brandybuck: (Clearly intrigued) What are you called, if I may ask so, Mister Ent?
Big Nuts: (In a slow, grinding tone) I am the Leader of the Ents-a wanderer of the Fangorn-one of the last that roam these forests. I have seen much change-and will continue to do so, so long as this world turns. They call me-Big Nuts.
(Both Jessie Brandybuck & Rippin Took stare at the Ent, unsure as to how to react. Whatever they were expecting, it wasn't this. Finally, Rippin Took can't stand it. She begins giggle uncontrollably. Jessie Brandybuck looks at Rippin Took with a scornful look, probably frightened she might upset the Ent)
Jessie Brandybuck: (Out of the side of her mouth) Rippin! Shut up! In the name of all things holy, shut-up!
(Still, Rippin Took giggles, covering her mouth with her free hand, trying to hide it. To distract the Ent from this, Jessie Brandybuck speaks)
Jessie Brandybuck: (Nervously) Uh-why are you called, "Big Nuts", may I ask?
Big Nuts: (Looking at the hobbit as though this obvious) Don't you think I have big nuts?
(Rippin Took begins to break out in laughter, kicking the air and hooting in hysteria. Jessie Brandybuck reaches over and slaps the hobbit across the head angrily. Rippin Took exclaims in pain and rubs the back of her head)
Jessie Brandybuck: (Awkwardly) Well-I never really cared to look-not that I- I mean I think-that is to say-
(Big Nuts tilts his head to the side, and a huge acorn falls from his head. It plops on his shoulder and he rolls it over to where Jessie Brandybuck is being held. She stops it from running her over and looks at the acorn with wide eyes. Even Rippin Took is staring at the scene)
Big Nuts: (In a simple tone) See! Big nuts!
Jessie Brandybuck: (Nodding in understanding) Oh! Of course! You have big acorns! I get it! (Rolls the acorn over the side and stares up at the Ent) So-you're an Ent, eh?
Rippin Took: (In a nervous tone) Whose side are you on?
(Jessie Brandybuck shoots a warning glance over at Rippin Took, but Big Nuts is already speaking)
Big Nuts: (In the same slow, powerful tone) Side? I am on no one's side- because nobody is on my side! Nobody likes me! I ought to smash them into fertilizer! (Looks at the hobbits with distrust) And people like to play games with me-sending their spies in the woods-Orc spies!
Jessie Brandybuck: (Quickly, with a small laugh) No! No! No! We're not Orcs! We're hobbits!
Big Nuts: (In confusion) Hobbits? Never heard of a hobbit before. (With anger building in his voice) Sounds like Orc trickery to me!
(Big Nuts begins to squeeze Jessie Brandybuck about the waist, causing her to wince in pain and struggle weakly in the grasp of the Ent. Rippin Took looks at her friend, horrified and no longer finding anything really funny. She suddenly realizes how dangerous this creature can be)
Big Nuts: (Anger building in his voice) Dirty Orcs! They come in here, with their axes and their shovels and their swords and their pyramid schemes! Cutting and digging and chopping and causing bankruptcy and fraud! Destroyers and usurpers and crap heads! CURSE THEM!
Jessie Brandybuck: (Desperately, as she struggles) You don't understand! We're hobbits! Halflings! Small midgets! (Looks to a bemused Rippin Took) Fat, hairy footed pansies!
Big Nuts: (In a stern tone) I think this is a matter that can be settled with the older and most gorgeous wizard!
Rippin Took: (Confused and frightened) The older and most gorgeous wizard?
Jessie Brandybuck: (A look of hate and horror coming to her face) Andraman.
(Big Nuts stops and releases his grip on the hobbits, who scream as they fall to the earth. When they land, we see them look up and see the person standing in front of them, whose back is towards the camera. He is clothed in pure white, has black hair, and is a representation of pure power. Rippin Took & Jessie Brandybuck stare into the face of the older and most gorgeous wizard)
(We now are in the Fangorn Forest, and we go back to the night in which the Urak-hai camp sight was attacked. We see Rippin Took & Jessie Brandybuck running into the forest, desperate to escape the horrible battle, taking place in the camp sight. Finally, they plop down in a small clearing in exhaustion, looking at one another with both worry and optimism)
Rippin Took: (Through her breaths) Did we lose him? I think we lost him.
(Unable to reply, Jessie Brandybuck merely nods in agreement. Then, her face goes into a look of pure horror as she looks over Rippin Took's shoulder. Rippin Took looks behind her and gasps. Coming from the trees, swiping at any branches in his way, is Urak-hai Member#8. When he sees them, he lets out a vicious growl. We get a look at his maddened, horrible face)
Urak-hai Member#8: (Viciously shouting) I'M GONNA RIP OUT YOUR FILTHY LITTLE INNARDS! COME HERE!
Jessie Brandybuck: (In a small voice) Or-he's right there.
Rippin Took: (Desperately) What're we going to do?
Jessie Brandybuck: (Pushing Rippin Took) RUN!
(Both the hobbits scamper deeper into the wood, but Urak-hai Member#8 is in angry pursuit, not letting down for a moment. The hobbits hide at the base of a huge tree, hoping that they will not be found)
Rippin Took: (In a frantic whisper) Oh-this is hopeless! If we only had a tree to climb!
Jessie Brandybuck: (Looking about frantically, and seeing their huge tree, and whispering) The tree! Climb the tree!
Rippin Took: (Looking behind her and flinching from the shock) Whoa! Where did that come from?
(Without hesitation, the hobbits run to the tree, looking back to see Urak- hai Member#8 coming closer. Rippin Took tries to climb up first, but is getting a hard time footing. Jessie Brandybuck grabs the other's bottom and pushes her up. Rippin Took scolds at the other)
Rippin Took: (Angrily) What'd you grab my butt for?
Jessie Brandybuck: (Angrily) Damn it, Rippin! Just go! (Rippin Took quickly climbs up the tree, followed shortly by Jessie Brandybuck. We focus of Jessie Brandybuck as she gets to the bottom half of the tree and looks through a break in the branches. She looks about for any sign of Urak-hai Member#8, but there is none)
Jessie Brandybuck: (In a relaxed tone) He's gone. Thank goodness!
(Suddenly, Jessie Brandybuck screams as something grasps her ankle and begins to pull down with horrifying strength. Rippin Took looks down and screams as she sees Urak-hai Member#8 pulling the struggling Jessie Brandybuck down)
Rippin Took: (Screaming) AH CRAP!
Jessie Brandybuck: (Struggling and trying to keep a good grip on the tree limbs, but finds she's slipping) Rippin!
Rippin Took: (Horrified) Jessie! Hold on! I'm coming down!
(But it's too late. With a shout of anguish, Jessie Brandybuck is pulled down by Urak-hai Member#8. He gives a shout of triumph, but a quick blow to the face quickly silences it by Jessie Brandybuck's foot)
Urak-hai Member#8: (Appearing unaffected by the blow, and looking even angrier) Nasty hobbit should think twice before kicking Orcs!
(Jessie Brandybuck jumps to her feet and begins to dash away, but stops as her pants slip. With a groan, she stops and pulls them up. This gives Urak-hai Member#8 time to pounce on her and bring her to the ground. Jessie Brandybuck lets out a high-pitched scream and we see Rippin Took watching the scene with a horrified stare)
Rippin Took: (Tears of fear coming to her eyes as she screams) JESSIE!
(While the hobbit is looking away, we suddenly see two eyes in the tree open-Rippin Took wasn't climbing a tree, it was an Ent. And it was not just any Ent-but it's Big Nuts. Though, none of the hobbits knows this at the moment. Hearing a noise, Rippin Took looks at the tree in disinterest. Then, her face goes into a state of shock as she looks back slowly and sees Big Nuts staring at her. We see Rippin Took give a horrified shout, then let go of the Ent. But it causes her to lose balance and she begins to fall. But with a swift movement, Big Nuts catches her silently. That's when we see Urak-hai Member#8 grasping Jessie Brandybuck by the shoulder with one hand, while the other raises a broadsword)
Urak-hai Member#8: (Evilly and angrily) Let's put a maggot hole in your belly!
Jessie Brandybuck: (In a frightened squeak) Uh-no! Let's not do that! Can't we just talk about this or-? (Jessie Brandybuck stops talking and starts gagging as Urak-hai Member#8 moves his hand from her shoulder to her throat, and begins to apply pressure. Jessie Brandybuck's glasses go askew and she begins to struggle violently)
Urak-hai Member#8: (Evilly) You're done talking, little hobbit!
(Jessie Brandybuck looks over the Orc's shoulder and her eyes widen as she sees Rippin Took being grasped by a tree. Urak-hai Member#8 doesn't seem to notice as Big Nuts approaches him from behind and slowly lifts up his leg over the Orc)
Urak-hai Member#8: (In a slick voice) The only talking you'll ever do is the scream of pain you release when I tickle you with this! (Indicates the broadsword)
(Urak-hai Member#8 raises the broadsword and gets ready to strike, but he doesn't get that far. Before he can do anything else, Big Nuts squashes him beneath his massive, tree foot. Jessie Brandybuck scurries away from the scene, screaming in fright at what just transpired, then goes white in the face as she sees what's in front of her. For a while, she just stands there and stares at the Ent)
Rippin Took: (Urgently) RUN, JESSIE! RUN! KILLER TREE!
(Jessie Brandybuck whips around and makes to dash into the forest, but with one motion, Big Nuts scoops up the hobbit. He brings the struggling Jessie Brandybuck to his vision, then Rippin Took. Both are speechless as they stare into the eyes of the Ent, both horrified at what is in front of them)
Big Nuts: (In a slow, grinding type of a voice) Little Orcs?
(Both Jessie Brandybuck & Rippin Took look at one another in confusion. Rippin Took gawks at the Ent in both fear and wonderment)
Rippin Took: (In a small tone) The tree is talking! The tree is talking, Jessie!
Big Nuts: (In a rolling voice) Tree? I am no tree! I am an Ent!
Jessie Brandybuck: (A smile of wonderment coming to her face) A tree- herder! A shepherd of the forest!
Rippin Took: (In a desperate tone) Don't talk to it, Jessie! You'll only encourage it!
Jessie Brandybuck: (In a scornful voice) Encourage it to do what, Rippin, throw Miracle Grow on us?
(Big Nuts begins to move through the forest with slow, but powerful strides, both hobbits in hand. We see that he has huge acorns rest upon his head with the leaves and branches. He is rather tall and his bark is thick with age) Jessie Brandybuck: (Clearly intrigued) What are you called, if I may ask so, Mister Ent?
Big Nuts: (In a slow, grinding tone) I am the Leader of the Ents-a wanderer of the Fangorn-one of the last that roam these forests. I have seen much change-and will continue to do so, so long as this world turns. They call me-Big Nuts.
(Both Jessie Brandybuck & Rippin Took stare at the Ent, unsure as to how to react. Whatever they were expecting, it wasn't this. Finally, Rippin Took can't stand it. She begins giggle uncontrollably. Jessie Brandybuck looks at Rippin Took with a scornful look, probably frightened she might upset the Ent)
Jessie Brandybuck: (Out of the side of her mouth) Rippin! Shut up! In the name of all things holy, shut-up!
(Still, Rippin Took giggles, covering her mouth with her free hand, trying to hide it. To distract the Ent from this, Jessie Brandybuck speaks)
Jessie Brandybuck: (Nervously) Uh-why are you called, "Big Nuts", may I ask?
Big Nuts: (Looking at the hobbit as though this obvious) Don't you think I have big nuts?
(Rippin Took begins to break out in laughter, kicking the air and hooting in hysteria. Jessie Brandybuck reaches over and slaps the hobbit across the head angrily. Rippin Took exclaims in pain and rubs the back of her head)
Jessie Brandybuck: (Awkwardly) Well-I never really cared to look-not that I- I mean I think-that is to say-
(Big Nuts tilts his head to the side, and a huge acorn falls from his head. It plops on his shoulder and he rolls it over to where Jessie Brandybuck is being held. She stops it from running her over and looks at the acorn with wide eyes. Even Rippin Took is staring at the scene)
Big Nuts: (In a simple tone) See! Big nuts!
Jessie Brandybuck: (Nodding in understanding) Oh! Of course! You have big acorns! I get it! (Rolls the acorn over the side and stares up at the Ent) So-you're an Ent, eh?
Rippin Took: (In a nervous tone) Whose side are you on?
(Jessie Brandybuck shoots a warning glance over at Rippin Took, but Big Nuts is already speaking)
Big Nuts: (In the same slow, powerful tone) Side? I am on no one's side- because nobody is on my side! Nobody likes me! I ought to smash them into fertilizer! (Looks at the hobbits with distrust) And people like to play games with me-sending their spies in the woods-Orc spies!
Jessie Brandybuck: (Quickly, with a small laugh) No! No! No! We're not Orcs! We're hobbits!
Big Nuts: (In confusion) Hobbits? Never heard of a hobbit before. (With anger building in his voice) Sounds like Orc trickery to me!
(Big Nuts begins to squeeze Jessie Brandybuck about the waist, causing her to wince in pain and struggle weakly in the grasp of the Ent. Rippin Took looks at her friend, horrified and no longer finding anything really funny. She suddenly realizes how dangerous this creature can be)
Big Nuts: (Anger building in his voice) Dirty Orcs! They come in here, with their axes and their shovels and their swords and their pyramid schemes! Cutting and digging and chopping and causing bankruptcy and fraud! Destroyers and usurpers and crap heads! CURSE THEM!
Jessie Brandybuck: (Desperately, as she struggles) You don't understand! We're hobbits! Halflings! Small midgets! (Looks to a bemused Rippin Took) Fat, hairy footed pansies!
Big Nuts: (In a stern tone) I think this is a matter that can be settled with the older and most gorgeous wizard!
Rippin Took: (Confused and frightened) The older and most gorgeous wizard?
Jessie Brandybuck: (A look of hate and horror coming to her face) Andraman.
(Big Nuts stops and releases his grip on the hobbits, who scream as they fall to the earth. When they land, we see them look up and see the person standing in front of them, whose back is towards the camera. He is clothed in pure white, has black hair, and is a representation of pure power. Rippin Took & Jessie Brandybuck stare into the face of the older and most gorgeous wizard)
