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The existence of Huorns, i.e. fallen-asleep-Ents, in the Old Forest raises an interesting possibility. Could they in fact have been the long-lost Entwives? Treebeard remarks that the Shire is 'country they would like' -- settling a small forest on the edge of the Shire (tamed but still natural and living countryside, full of nice gardens etc which is what the Entwives went in for) may have been just to their liking, only they couldn't sustain it and all fell asleep.
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I really like that thought. It sounds like an interesting possibility. It would explain why the entwives had never been found.
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The fact that it was Old Man Willow complexifies this debate, of course.
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What happened *there* was that a rather deluded ent thought 'wayhey! lots of women! I think I'll just tag along with the old Entwives...' and went off with them as they made their gardens. Well, they all fell asleep so he turned bitter inside because of his failiure and sat by the river drinking himself slowly into oblivion.
What an interesting theory!