"I heard that your gardener Hamfast Gammsey once saw an elm tree that could walk?" Shen Long asked at the dining table. Hamfast Gambsey is Sam Gambsey. Bilbo's father, who had been Bilbo's gardener for many years.

"Yes, I heard him talk about it back then, but when we went looking for it with him later, we couldn't find it at all. Everyone thought that Hamfast had seen it wrong." Bilbo Baggins took a sip. Beer said, "Is that what you're asking about?"

"Yes, there are some tree people living in Fangorn Forest. They want to find their wives, and I accepted this commission." Shen Long nodded and picked up a round sesame seed cake, "After I left the Shire , came back after hearing the news, and it sounds like the walking elm tree in this story may be the tree man's wife."

"Treant?" Bilbo Baggins blinked, and Frodo also looked over curiously.

"Yes, this is an ancient creature. They live a long life, but they only like to live in ancient forests. They seldom move around and look like a tree, so few people know about them. But They have a very good relationship with Gandalf." Shen Long introduced, "You can ask him when you meet Gandalf next time."

"There are so many strange and weird creatures in this world." Bilbo Baggins muttered, not knowing whether he was thinking of the orcs he met under the Lonely Mountain or the Gollum he met in the Misty Mountains.

"Okay, Hamfast and his son will come over tomorrow morning to help me tidy up the garden, but I'll let him take you there then." Bilbo agreed, and after dinner, he invited Shen Long to the living room again. While smoking his pipe and listening to him tell stories about the outside, Shen Long recounted what he had seen and heard outside in the past two days. He didn't know if Bilbo Baggins would record these in his memoirs. .

I rested in Bag End at night. Bilbo's bed was a bit small and I had to curl up to fall asleep, but it was still much better than sleeping outside in a tent.

After morning tea, Hamfast and his son Sam came. Sam had the same chubby face as in the movie. It was obvious that he had a good relationship with Frodo and they were very affectionate.

Bilbo told the story again, and Hamfast repeatedly emphasized that he was not lying or seeing it wrong. It was indeed a walking elm tree. Shen Long asked him to take him to the place where he found the tree. , he felt that Tree Wife seemed to be very suitable for living in the beautiful Shire.

Unfortunately, when we arrived at the place, the surrounding environment was good, with various flowers, plants and shrubs growing very luxuriantly. However, we could not find the elm tree that Hamfast mentioned, so we searched in the direction where the elm tree disappeared as Hamfast mentioned. After a while, there is still no result. Maybe those tree wives did go to the Shire, but have left now.

Shen Long left the Shire with regret. Since these places were not found, there was only one last place left, which was the old forest where Tom Bombadil was. Although Tolkien made it clear in his letters, It was said that Tom Bombadil had nothing to do with the tree people, and the old willow tree was not a tree person, but in other places, Shen Long found different clues.

The distance from the Hobbiton to the Old Forest is very short. Frodo and Sam arrived in two or three days. It was faster for him to fly on the somersault cloud. Even if he flew slowly while enjoying the scenery along the way, he flew over in less than half an hour. After reaching the Liquor River and reaching the top of the old forest, Shen Long slowly moved forward along the Willow River in the middle of the old forest.

The forest here is lush and dark. A steep canyon can be seen in front of it. At the exit of the canyon is a flat open space. The Willow River flows through the open space. There is a huge willow tree growing here, with branches criss-crossing and stretching to the sky. There is a huge crack on the tree trunk, like a grinning mouth, which looks a bit scary.

It looked nothing like a tree man, but just in case, Shen Long lowered his height, came to the top of the old willow tree, turned on his tablet and started playing Treebeard's songs.

Before the song ended, Shen Long felt himself descending uncontrollably. After a while, he landed on the ground. A strange guy jumped out in front of him. He was slightly shorter than Shen Long and was wearing a tall old hat. There are blue feathers on his belt, his coat and eyes are also blue, he has a brown beard, and his rosy face is covered with wrinkles, making it hard to tell how old he is.

This is Tom Bombadil, the most unique being in Middle-earth. He is not a Valar like Ilúvatar, nor a Maia like Gandalf, but he still has powerful power. Even Sauron He didn't care much either; Tom was looking at Shen Long's somersault cloud and tablet computer curiously, "Hey, what is this? Also, who are you? I don't think you are a creature from Middle-earth."

"Yes, I come from another world, Mr. Tom Bombatier." Shen Long bowed slightly, which was regarded as a greeting. I guess it was because of him that the somersault cloud came down, right?

"Haha, you actually know who I am." Tom laughed loudly, "I feel that you don't seem to have any bad feelings towards this world. So, come to my house as a guest, and Goldenberry will bring you white bread and fresh butter. .”

"It's an honor." Shen Long was also very curious about him, so he followed behind. Tom Bombadier walked forward while singing. When Shen Long thought, the somersault cloud flew into the sky again, and in The head of the head moves forward with them.

In Tom's room, a beautiful woman with blond hair and wearing an emerald green dress was sitting on a chair facing the door. I didn't expect that Tom Bombadier, a crazy person, would have such a beautiful girl.

"Dear guest, please come in quickly." Jinberry invited Shen Long to his home and brought him white bread, butter and various jams.

"What do you seem to be looking for?" Tom asked.

"Yes, I accepted Treebeard's commission and am helping him find his tree wives. You must know where the tree wives have gone, right?" Shen Long looked at Tom and asked. He had witnessed the first tree wives in Middle-earth. A drop of rain falls and the first acorn grows. He is the master of the forest, the water and the hills. His life span is longer than that of the Tree Man, and he naturally knows more things.
Chapter completed!