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Weren't the Ents just one of the things that, like ole Tom, were just there?
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No.
Read "Of Aulė and Yavanna" in the Quenta Silmarillion.
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'Nay,' he [Manwe] said, 'only the trees of Aulė will be tall enough. In the mountains the Eagles shall house, and hear the voices of those who call upon us. But in the forests shall walk the Shepherds of the Trees.'
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`A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'
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