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Old 12-16-2004, 08:04 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Aldarion
Has anyone else wondered at Treebeard being call the oldest living thing, but then he himself describes tress in these dark hollows as even older than he is?
Can anyone give the exact line that Gandalf says? Surely, he is simply describing Treebeard as the oldest living Ent, rather than the oldest living creature. After all, it was the Elves who "woke" the Ents, and Cirdan at least (if not others) must have been around in those days. And then there's old Tom ...
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