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Old 06-25-2002, 10:45 AM   #8
The Silver-shod Muse
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I believe that Dr. Seuss underwent something like what has been described with Tolkien. His book, "The Lorax", deals with the responsibility we have for nature and the equilibrium of the environment being handed down to the children.

Living in an age of overpowering industrializtion, there were many changes that felt wrong to the people that were not used to them. Like the Lorax who spoke for the trees and animals that were being displaced, Tolkien probably liked the idea of beings that were guardians of nature and elements that have no tongue to save themselves from the ravages of men, hence the purpose of the Ents as outlined by Yavanna.
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