Silmarillion humour?

[Finwen]

I found what I hold to be some Unfinished Tales humour - not strictly Silmarillion, but connected.

In Narn i hin Hurin, when Beleg brings Nellas the Elf-maiden before Thingol to tell him what she saw regarding the Turin and Saeros affair, it says...

...And when Thingol bade her speak, she said: "Lord, I was sitting in a tree"; but then she faltered in awe of the King, and could say no more.

At that the King smiled, and said: "Others have done this also, but have felt no need to tell me of it."

Well, not hilarious, but as funny as it gets. I think I must have been in the right mood when I first read it, because it made me laugh for quite a while and I've remembered it ever since.

And it's intentional humour, too! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Please tell me that other people find it amusing and I'm not just making a fool of myself... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]