Властелин колец: Две башни

           TurningtotheleftandskirtingthishugehedgeTreebeardcameinafewstridestoanarrowentrance.Throughitawornpathpassedanddivedsuddenlydownalongsteepslope.Thehobbitssawthattheyweredescendingintoagreatdingle,almostasroundasabowl,verywideanddeep,crownedattherimwiththehighdarkevergreenhedge.Itwassmoothandgrasscladinside,andtherewerenotreesexceptthreeverytallandbeautifulsilver-birchesthatstoodatthebottomofthebowl.Twootherpathsleddownintothedingle:fromthewestandfromtheeast.

           SeveralEntshadalreadyarrived.Morewerecomingindowntheotherpaths,andsomewerenowfollowingTreebeard.Astheydrewnearthehobbitsgazedatthem.TheyhadexpectedtoseeanumberofcreaturesasmuchlikeTreebeardasonehobbitislikeanother(atanyratetoastranger’seye);andtheywereverymuchsurprisedtoseenothingofthekind.TheEntswereasdifferentfromoneanotherastreesfromtrees:someasdifferentasonetreeisfromanotherofthesamenamebutquitedifferentgrowthandhistory;andsomeasdifferentasonetree-kindfromanother,asbirchfrombeech;oakfromfir.TherewereafewolderEnts,beardedandgnarledlikehalebutancienttrees(thoughnonelookedasancientasTreebeard);andthereweretallstrongEnts,clean-limbedandsmooth-skinnedlikeforest-treesintheirprime;buttherewerenoyoungEnts,nosaplings.Altogethertherewereabouttwodozenstandingonthewidegrassyfloorofthedingle,andasmanymoreweremarchingin.