Re: TTT EE is a fantastic improvement

In rec.arts.books.tolkien Chelsea Christenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

:> Why were they a stone?  That is my question.  They did not tell
:> the Ents anything they did not know before.  Why would the
:> appearance of two Hobbits suddenly motivate them to go to war?

: Ents take a while to get around to anything.  The presence of previously 
: unknown creatures might have gotten them in the right frame of mind to 
: take some action, kind of boost them over the hump of their inertia.

That is just speculation on your part.  The book does not explain
why the Ents decided to act then and not earlier.  It basically
seems to be a coincidence.
        "But if we stayed at home and did nothing, doom would
         find us anyway, sooner or later.  That thought has long
         been growing in our hearts; and that is why we are marching
         now.  It was not a hasty resolve."
I really do not see how Merry and Pippin were involved at all.

Stephen