I apologise if any of this has been stated before; I don't have time to read all replies at the moment.
Gandalf states that Tom will be "Last as he was First"...he also states that Fangorn is the "oldest of all living things." This seeming discrepancy may be excused if we consider that Tom is not actually alive; that he is a Power or a Force of some kind.
As for the elves...I believe the Ents were, indeed, awakened by them, but also that the Ents were there first.
So in the end it all comes down to what you believe Tom was... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
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But of bliss and glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while still they endure for eyes to see, are their own record, and only when they are in peril or broken for ever do they pass into song.
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