Властелин колец: Братство кольца

           andAnduinflowsintotheBayofBelfalaswhencetheElvesofLoriensetsail.ButneitherNimrodelnorAmrothevercameback.

           "Itistoldthatshehadahousebuiltinthebranchesofatreethatgrewnearthefalls;forthatwasthecustomoftheElvesofLorien,todwellinthetrees,andmaybeitissostill.ThereforetheywerecalledtheGaladhrim,theTree-people.Deepintheirforestthetreesareverygreat.ThepeopleofthewoodsdidnotdelveinthegroundlikeDwarves,norbuildstrongplacesofstonebeforetheShadowcame."

           "Andevenintheselatterdaysdwellinginthetreesmightbethoughtsaferthansittingontheground,"saidGimli.HelookedacrossthestreamtotheroadthatledbacktoDimrillDale,andthenupintotheroofofdarkboughsabove.

           "Yourwordsbringgoodcounsel,Gimli,"saidAragorn."Wecannotbuildahouse,buttonightwewilldoastheGaladhrimandseekrefugeinthetree-tops,ifwecan.Wehavesatherebesidetheroadalreadylongerthanwaswise."

           TheCompanynowturnedasidefromthepath,andwentintotheshadowofthedeeperwoods,westwardalongthemountain-streamawayfromSilverlode.NotfarfromthefallsofNimrodeltheyfoundaclusteroftrees,someofwhichoverhungthestream.Theirgreatgreytrunkswereofmightygirth,buttheirheightcouldnotbeguessed.

           "Iwillclimbup,"saidLegolas."Iamathomeamongtrees,byrootorbough,thoughthesetreesareofakindstrangetome,saveasanameinsong.