56. The Last March of the Ents
[Treebeard carryies the hobbits near Isengard.]
Treebeard: "And a little family of field mice that climb up sometimes and it tickle me awfully. They're always trying to get somewhere —"
[Treebeard stops as he sees cut and burned trees.]
Treebeard: "Many of these trees were my friends. Creatures I had known from nut and acorn."
Pippin: "I'm sorry, Treebeard."
Treebeard: "They had voices of their own."
[Treebeard looks past the ruined forest to the furnaces of Isengard.]
Treebeard: "Saruman! A wizard should know better!"
[Treebeard's leaves ruffle in anger.]
[Treebeard lets out a powerful cry that echoes through the forests.]
Treebeard: "There is no curse in elvish, entish or the tongues of men for this treachery."
Pippin: "Look at the trees, they're moving!"
Merry: "Where are they going?"
Treebeard: "They have business with the orcs. My business is with Isengard tonight. With a rock and stone."
[The hobbits look as Ents march out from the forest.]
Merry: "Yes!"
Treebeard: "Rárum-rum! Come my friends. The Ents are going to war. It is likely that we go to our doom. The last march of the Ents."
[The Ents march towards Isengard.]
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