Ask the Oldest
Maybe Ol' Tom would know something about that?
I do remember that Yavanna lamented that her trees get chopped into cupboards for anything that can talk, and then was comforted by the presence of Ents created by the Music. She then told Aule to make sure that his midgets do not take an axe to her trees, or they'd be stomped into Playdough(TM). Aule's reply made me laugh: as long as its sentient, it would need firewood.
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'He wouldn't make above a mouthful,' said William, who had already had a fine supper, 'not when he was skinned and boned.'
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