Yeah, but if you're talking to "[trees,] stones, plants, animals, insects, and birds", that doesn't leave much for your diet. I suppose you could sneak up on things like wheat and various fruits and vegetables and whack them up before you really got to know them, but still... As a side note -- I can't imagine that a rock would have much that's interesting to say, hence the expression, "Dumb as a..." [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Anyway, I always take the things that Treebeard says with a grain of salt. One of my favorite
Letters says this:
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Treebeard is a character in my story, not me; and though he has a great memory and some earthy wisdom, he is not one of the Wise, and there is quite a lot he does not know or understand.
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[ September 04, 2002: Message edited by: Mister Underhill ]