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in front。 Our roads go together  to Isengard!' 
     'We will e with you;' said Merry。 'We will do what we can。' 
     'Yes!' said  Pippin。 'I should like to see the White Hand overthrown。 I 
should like  to be there; even if I could not  be of much use: I shall never 
forget Ugl甼 and the crossing of Rohan。' 
     'Good! Good!'  said  Treebeard。 'But I spoke  hastily。 We must  not  be 
hasty。 I have bee too hot。 I must cool myself and think; fur it is easier 
to shout stop! than to do it。' 
     He strode to the archway and stood for some time under the falling rain 
of the spring。 Then he laughed and shook himself; and wherever the  drops of 
water fell glittering from him to the ground they glinted like red and green 
sparks。 He came back and laid himself on the bed again and was silent。 
     After some time the hobbits heard him murmuring  again。 He seemed to be 
counting  on his fingers。 'Fangorn;  Finglas; Fladrif; aye; aye;' he sighed。 
'The trouble is  that there are so  few of us left;' he said turning towards 
the hobbits。 'Only  three remain of the first Ents that walked in the  woods 
before  the  Darkness: only myself; Fangorn; and  Finglas  and Fladrif  to 
give them their Elvish names; you may call them Leaflock and Skinbark if you 
like that better。 And of us three Leaflock and Skinbark are not much use for 
this business。 Leaflock has grown sleepy。 almost tree…ish; you might say: he 
has taken to standing by himself half…asleep all through the summer with the 
deep grass of the meadows round his knees。 Covered with leafy hair he is。 He 
used to rouse up in winter; but of late he has been  too drowsy to walk  far 
even then。  Skinbark  lived on the mountain…slopes west of Isengard。 That is 
where the worst  trouble  has been。 He was wounded by the Orcs;  and many of 
his folk and his tree…herds have been murdered and destroyed。 He has gone up 
into the high places; among the birches that he loves  best; and he will not 
e down。 Still;  I  daresay I  could get  together a fair pany  of  our 
younger folks…if  I could make  them understand the  need: if I could  rouse 
them: we are not a hasty folk。 What a pity there are so few of us!' 
     'Why are there so few  when  you  have  lived in this country so long?' 
asked Pippin。 'Have a great many died?' 
     'Oh; no!' said Treebeard。 'None  have died from  inside; as  you  might 
say。 Some have  fallen in the evil chances of the long years; of course: and 
more have  grown tree…ish。 But  there were never many of us and we have  not 
increased。 There have been no Entings  no children; you would say; not for 
a terrible long count of years。 You see; we lost the Entwives。' 
     'How very sad!' said Pippin。 'How was it that they all died?' 
     'They did not die!' said Treebeard。 'I never said died。 We lost them; I 
said。 We lost them and we cannot find them。' He sighed。 'I thought most folk 
knew that。 There were songs about the hunt of the Ents for the Entwives sung 
among  Elves  and  Men  from  Mirkwood  to  Gondor。  They  cannot  be  quite 
forgotten。' 
     'Well; I  am  afraid the songs have not e west over the Mountains to 
the Shire;'  said Merry。 'Won't you tell us some more; or sing us one of the 
songs?' 
     'Yes; I will indeed;' said Treebeard; seeming pleased with the request。 
'But  I  cannot  tell it properly; only in short; and then  we  must end our 
talk: tomorrow we have councils to call; and work to do; and maybe a journey 
to begin。' 
     'It is rather a strange and sad story;' he went on after a pause。 'When 
the  world  was young; and the woods were  wide  and wild;  the Ents and the 
Entwives    and  there  were  Entmaidens  then:  ah!   the  loveliness  of 
Fimbrethil; of Wandlimb the  lightfooted; in the days of our  youth!  they 
walked  together  and they  housed together。  But our  hearts did not  go on 
growing in the same way: the Ents gave their love to things that they met in 
the world; and the Entwives gave their thought to other things; for the Ents 
loved the great trees; and the wild woods; and the slopes of the high hills; 
and they drank of the mountain…streams; and ate only such fruit as the trees 
let fall in their path;  and they learned of  the Elves and  spoke  with the 
Trees。 But  the Entwives gave their  minds to the  lesser trees; and to  the 
meads in the sunshine  beyond the feet of the forests; and they saw the sloe 
in the thicket; and  the wild apple and the cherry blossoming in spring; and 
the green herbs in the waterlands in summer; and the seeding grasses in  the 
autumn  fields。 They  did  not desire  to  speak with these things; but they 
wished  them to  hear and obey what was said to  them。 The  Entwives ordered 
them to  grow  according to  their wishes; and bear leaf and fruit to  their 
liking; for the Entwives desired order; and plenty; and peace (by which they 
meant that things should remain  where they had set them)。  So the  Entwives 
made gardens to live in。 But  we Ents went on wandering; and we only came to 
the gardens  now and again。 Then when the  Darkness came  in  the North; the 
Entwives crossed  the Great  River; and made new  gardens;  and  tilled  new 
fields; and  we saw  them more seldom。 After the Darkness was overthrown the 
land of the Entwives blossomed richly;  and their  fields were full of corn。 
Many men learned the crafts of  the  Entwives and honoured them greatly; but 
we were only a legend to them; a secret in the heart of the forest。 Yet here 
we still are;  while  all  the gardens of the Entwives are  wasted: Men call 
them the Brown Lands now。 
     'I remember it was  long ago   in the time of  the war between Sauron 
and the Men of the Sea  desire came over me to see Fimbrethil  again。 Very 
fair she was still in my eyes; when I had last seen her; though  little like 
the  Entmaiden  of old。  For  the Entwives were bent  and  browned  by their 
labour; their hair  parched  by the sun to the hue  of ripe corn  and  their 
cheeks  like  red apples。  Yet their eyes were still  the eyes  of  our  own 
people。  We  crossed  over Anduin and came to  their  land:  but  we found a 
desert: it was all  burned and uprooted; for war had passed over it。 But the 
Entwives were not there。 Long  we called; and long we searched; and we asked 
all  folk  that  we  met which way the Entwives had gone。 Some said they had 
never seen them;  and  some said that they had seen them walking  away west; 
and some said east; and others south。 But nowhere that we went could we find 
them。 Our sorrow was very great。 Yet the wild  wood called; and we  returned 
to it。 For many years we used to go out every now and again and look for the 
Entwives。  walking far and wide and  calling  them by their beautiful names。 
But as time passed we went  more  seldom and  wandered less far。 And now the 
Entwives are only a memory for us; and our  beards  are  long and  grey。 The 
Elves made many songs concerning the Search of  the  Ents;  and some of  the 
songs passed into the tongues of  Men。 But we made  no songs about it; being 
content to chant  their beautiful names when we thought of the Entwives。  We 
believe that we may meet again in  a time to e; and perhaps we shall find 
somewhere  a  land where we can live together and both be content。 But it is 
foreboded  that that will only be  when we have  both  lost all  that we now 
have。  And  it may  well be that that time is  drawing near at last。 For  if 
Sauron of old destroyed the gardens; the Enemy today seems likely  to wither 
all the woods。 
     'There  was  an Elvish  song  that  spoke  of this; or at  least  so  I 
understand  it。 It used to be sung up and down the Great River。 It was never 
an Entish song; mark you: it would have been a very long song in Entish! But 
we  know it by heart; and  hum it now and again。 This is how it runs in your 
tongue: 
     ENT。 
     When Spring unfolds the beechen leaf; and sap is in the bough; 
     When light is on the wild…wood stream; and wind is on the brow; 
     When stride is long; and breath is deep; and keen the mountain…air; 
     e back to me! e back to me; and say my land is fair! 
 
     entwife。 
     When Spring is e to garth and field; and corn is in the blade; 
     When blossom like a shining snow is on the orchard laid; 
     When shower and Sun upon the Earth with fragrance fill the air; 
     I'll linger here; and will not e; because my land is fair。 
 
     ent。 
     When Summer lies upon the world; and in a noon of gold 
     Beneath the roof of sleeping leaves the dreams of trees unfold; 
     When woodland halls are green and cool; and wind is in the West; 
     e back to me! e back to me; and say my land is best! 
 
     entwife。 
     When Summer warms the hanging fruit and burns the berry brown; 
     When straw is gold; and ear is white; and harvest es to town; 
     When honey spills; and apple swells; though wind be in the West; 
     I'll linger here beneath the Sun; because my land is best! 
 
     ent。 
     When Winter es; the winter wild that hill and wood shall slay; 
     When trees shall fall and starless night devour the sunless day; 
     When wind is in the deadly East; then in the bitter rain 
     I'll look for thee; and call to thee; I'll e to thee again! 
 
     entwife。 
     When Winter es; and singing ends; when darkness falls at last; 
     When broken is the barren bough; and light and labour past; 
     I'll look for thee; and wait for thee; until we meet again: 
     Together we will take the road beneath the bitter rain! 
 
     both。 
     Together we will take the road that leads into the West; 
     And far away will find a land where both our hearts may rest。' 
 
     Treebeard ended  his song。  'That  is  how it goes;'  he  said。  'It is 
Elvish; of course: lighthearted; quickworded; and soon over。 I daresay it is 
fair  enough。 But the Ents could say  more on their side;  if they had time! 
But now I am going to stand  up  and  take  a little sleep。  Where  will you 
stand?' 
     'We usually  lie down to  sleep;' said Merry。  'We  shall  be all right 
where we are。' 
     'Lie down to sleep!' said Tre
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