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...even though we somehow got here from a chapter about talking trees

It's funny Hair, I can't speak for everyone, but I was dying to get to the Ents. However, the whole Ent-thing evokes expanding thoughts, and warm memories and all kinds "deep rooted" feelings. Maybe that's what's so endearing bout the Ents.

Dunno, just a thought.

for all the Warnings!! about entering theFanghorn Forest, the Ents we meet seem very kind, thoughtful, slow-to-anger but decisive and effective when motived.

Makes you wonder if some of our population that has seemed willing to endure any wickedness would or could be roused to take action for good??

You know, the question of how Ents actually fight is kind of fascinating. We don't get a whole lot of detail on that, but they sure seem to be able to wreak tremendous havoc (in a hasty way, too) when so inclined. Doesn't seem to be many weapons that are effective against them -- Orcs are apparently terribly overmatched.

At Helm's Deep that great mass of Orcs is just a dead heap in the morning and a "forest" has appeared out of nowhere, just standing still.

Would be kind of interesting to know just how they did it -- though mystery follows Ents and hurons (sp?) wherever they go and whatever they do.