[The Uruk-hai and orcs stop at nightfall.]

Uruk: "We ain't goin' no further 'till we've had a breather!"

Ugl�k: "Get a fire going!"

[Pippin crawls towards Merry.]

Pippin: "Merry! Merry!"

Merry: "I think we might have made a mistake, leaving the Shire, Pippin."

[As the orcs chop at the trees, low groans and rumbles come from the forest.]

Pippin: "What's making that noise?"

Merry: "It's the trees."

Pippin: "What?"

Merry: "You remember the Old Forest? On the borders of Buckland? Folks used to say that there was something in the water that made the trees grow tall, and come alive."

Pippin: "Alive?"

Merry: "Trees that could whisper, talk to each other. Even move."

Uruk: "I'm starving. We ain't had nothing but maggoty bread for three stinking days!"

Snaga: "Yeah! Why can't we have some meat?"

[The orc rests his eyes on the hobbits.]

Snaga: "What about them? They're fresh!"

Ugl�k: "They are not for eating!"

Grishn�k: "What about their legs? They don't need those. Ooh! They look tasty!"

Ugl�k: "Get back, scum! The prisoners go to Saruman. Alive and unspoiled."

Grishnakh: "Alive? Why alive? Do they give good sport?"

Ugl�k: "They have something. An Elvish weapon. The master wants it for the war."

Pippin: "They think we have the Ring."

Merry: "Shhh! As soon as they find out we don't, we're dead."

Snaga: "Just a mouthful. A bit off the flank."

[Ugl�k cuts off Snaga's head.]

Ugl�k: "Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!"

[The Uruk-hai pile on the dead orc.]

Merry: "Pippin, let's go!"

[The hobbits try to crawl away, but Pippin is caught by Grishn�k.]

Grishn�k: "Go on, call for help. Squeal! No one's gonna save you now!"

[A spear pierces the orc's back. Riders burst out and attack the orcs.]

Merry: "Pippin!"

[The hobbits head towards the forest. Suddenly Pippin turns and looks up at a pair of thrashing hooves bearing down on him.]

Pippin: "Argh!"