Tag: movingtrees

I haven’t picked up this book in a while and I sort of remember the story a bit. I remember the story enough to know the movies are vastly different than the books. ALSO I cheated and listened to the audio book.

That being said…I didn’t bother reading the previous chapters I started off where my book mark was at. And its location is actually pretty interesting or coincidental.

You see I was hanging out with my dad over the weekend and we’re in the middle of nowhere. I’m relaxed and staring off at the trees as we drive by them. Over time the trees have been cut down here and there to make room for storage facilities, fulfillment facilities, and every day someone is selling off more land.

Anyways, I look over at my dad and asked “hey pa, do you think trees move?” Without missing a beat my dad says “yes.”

So he goes into this folklore tale thing from the old country about how there were trees whose roots don’t fully embed into the soil. Apparently the trees with exposed roots like to move, they move slowly over the year away from their spots and then move back. I really want to believe this but also could be a sink hole. Either way I open this book back up and what do we have here evil trees.

We start off with Frodo waking up to Merry telling him it’s time to go and they gotta grab the ponies. They’re such small folk that a pony is the right size for them.

They travel out to the forest and Pippin is like hey those stories about the Old Forest true? Merry totally down plays it and says they are just stories but yeah the forest is for sure weird. I think Merry has seen some stuff and just wants to not scare them.

Pippin is like super sus and Merry is like nahhhh not that bad but it is like a little bit sus. It’s like… that one weird dude in the heist movie where everyone doesn’t trust him and the one dude everyone trusts vouches. This is the feeling.

We get told the trees:

• Do not like strangers.
• Watch you but are mostly content to watch you during the day.
• Unfriendly trees may drop a branch on you.
  • Depending on the size, height, and velocity there could be an argument made of attempted murder.
• The trees talk to one another
  • The Happening 2008, this is what these trees remind me of. Oh I wonder if this chapter was what they drew inspiration from in writing that.
• The trees move
• There is an event in where the trees attacked the Hedge and the Hobbits set them on fire. After this event the trees became unfriendly.
  • They attacked and got set on fire and probably don’t like Hobbits.
• Something in the forest makes paths.
  • pretty sure the trees make these paths.

So Merry drops this scary information and it’s just hilarious. No the Old Forest is not scary but the trees are aggressive.

They ride into this forrest and are immediately taken in by these trees. The hobbits look back and can barely see the Hedge and they are like maybe 100 feet away. But this is serious business so they push forward.

The world is depending on them and a bunch of fire wood isn’t gonna stand in their way. But the fire wood is totally standing in the way.

These trees lead them off in circles, trails and lead them off with false hope. It’s dark in the canopy of leaves and they start looking over their shoulders. Pippin starts crashing out and yelling at the trees to let him pass through.

Frodo starts to sing but that fails and these trees are blocking sound. These trees are sound proof panels and they don’t want to hear you sing. They also probably don’t want anyone to hear you call for help. Merry tells Frodo to chill on the tunes because its not appropriate at the time.

I have beef with Merry he was so chill about it like yeah these threes man just odd but not bad. Merry this is bad.

The dudes get lost and found a brook, smaller than a creek and easy to cross. So they get to this brook and start getting real sleepy. The evil trees are lulling them to sleep and only Sam is left awake.

Merry and Pippin fall and end up up against those evil trees and Frodo falls asleep on a trees root over the brook. Sam is also struggling to stay away but he wakes up when he hears Frodo fall into the water. Sam has to help Frodo up from under the tree root.

Frodo is going off about how the tree dropped him in the water. That’s when they realize the trees are kidnapping Merry and Pippin into their trunks.

There are threats of setting the trees on fire and then actual fire. Merry and Pippin almost die and then… flipping Tom Bombadil shows up.

He’s singing he sees them and helps out by whispering something to the trees. And then he goes on singing and bouncing away. He’s singing about himself and some river sprite.

The group basically follows him out of the forest and then…next chapter.

I remember Tom Bombadil. Between the audiobook and how many times I’ve restarted this book. He’s so ethereal being out there in the woods who kidnapped his pretty wife. I’ll read the next chapter to refresh myself and come back with a better understanding of this fellow.

Well that’s it for now. I’m gonna read the next chapter and get back to y’all in a day or two.

Bye!