[Hirilaelin]

Think I've got it...

"In days of fair weather we led Gollum throught the woods; and there was a high tree standing alone far from the others which he liked to climb. Often we let him mount up to the highest branches, until he felt the free wind; but we set a guard at the tree's foot. One day he refused to come down, and the guards had no mind to climb after him: he had learned the trick of clinging to boughs with his feet as well as his hands; so they sat by the tree far into the night.

It was that very night of summer, yet moonless and starless, that Orcs came on us unawares. We drove them off after some time; they were many and fierce, but they came from over the mountains, and were unused to the woods. When the battle was over, we found that Gollum was gone, and his guards were slain or taken. It then seemed plain to us that the attack had been made for his rescue, and that he knew of it beforehand." (Legolas, Council of Elrond)

Suilad,

Eruanne

[ February 08, 2003: Message edited by: Hirilaelin ]