[amyrlis]

Just another animated nature example I wanted to add: I just re-read the part in FotR when they are at Hollin. Gandalf says that it is a safe place because it takes the earth a long time to forget the presence of the elves. But Legolas says that the grasses and trees have long forgotten the elves and only the rocks "lament" their absence. It's as though Legolas can actually hear the rocks lamenting.