I always thought that the evolution of the ents was intended to be a combination of both the Silmarillion and what Treebeard tells Merry and Pippin.
>The elves awake
>The ents awake shortly after the elves do
>The elves converse with the ents and teach them to speak
>The whole "Entwives" episode occurs
I'll talk about Tommy when I have a few books cracked open to back up my BS [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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