How Powerful Are the Ents?
The Gentle Power of Growing that Splits Rocks.
How powerful are the Ents?
“My business is with Isengard tonight, with rock and stone.” Treebeard.
What can be more vulnerable than a gentle sprout springing from under the ground? You can easily step on it and trample it underfoot. You can knock it off with a stick or break it with your fingers. And yet, in Tolkien’s lore, the power of growing things pre…
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