Treebeard was perfectly aware of Saruman`s change of attitude, for he himself sad said: Treebeard had walked through these woods, he had watched them grow, and now on a whim, they were destroyed. His friends were annihilated because of a wizard`s want for power. To experience a sight like that, having known the trees beforehand, is heartbreaking. A horrible consequence of Saruman`s power. The clearing resembles a battlefield, only instead of bodies, the remains of the trees are scattered on the ground. His eyes widen expressing a guttural sadness that would make any heart weep. Treebeard gasps in shock of the desolation in front of him. TreebeardĪs Treebeard`s story reaches its most humorous part, they come to a clearing, not one that existed there before. Creatures I had known from nut and acorn. They`re always trying to get somewhere where they… Many of these trees were my friends.

A devastating sightĪnd those little family of field mice that climb up sometimes, and they tickle me awfully. There is an energy that flows through all living things, which, in this instance, gives both the animals and the trees a way of communicating with each other. With all of them, they form a symbiotic relationship. Birds, squirrels, field mice, insects are their friends and companions. On the other hand, being a part of a community, but still standing alone, also means that any kind of company is welcome.īy nature trees are alone. The fact that most trees, apart from the Ents, cannot but allow the other animals to climb upon them, must aggravate them sometimes. Which is why I quite like this little description of Treebeard`s day to day life. I never thought about what trees experience in their daily lives. Just because we can`t see it, does not mean it doesn`t exist. The trees may not walk and talk, as they do in Tolkien`s writings, but they communicate in their own way nevertheless.

It is an exaggerated representation of what occurs in nature. Professor Tolkien gave the Ents explicit voices, thoughts and a language of their own.

The ents are going to war