AHHH - Now I see it... the little pile of belongings was what I thought was the figure (the actual figure I looked at but couldn't recognize)... so I was looking for little dinky hobbits. Now that I see Merry I can recognize the other one of Pippen too. It looked like a bush and I just couldn't see it, because his face blends in with the background color! - Thanks.
Pippin.... hehehe [sip]
LOL!! You just don't know how relieved I am! You know how crazy people look at ink blots and read all kinds of stuff into them? I was beginning to feel like that's what I was doing! Ha ha!
Really they are much clearer though, on my own book. Even so, it wasn't until recently that I found the one lying down...I found the climbing one a few years ago.
Now go up to the big picture of the whole cover. See the thin green tree in the foreground? I think I see two eyes, a nose and a mouth discreetly placed in the bark...but then that might truly be the "ink blot" thing. But to me, I think that's "Treebeard" and he looks surprised!