He said an odd thing at this point. ‘You never see any, hm, any
Ents round there, do you?’ he asked. ‘Well, not Ents, Entwives I
should really say.’
‘Entwives?’ said Pippin. ‘Are they like you at all?’
‘Yes, hm, well no: I do not really know now’, said Treebeard
thoughtfully. ‘But they would like your country, so I just
wondered.’
—TT, 75 (III, 4)
He said an odd thing at this point. ‘You never see any, hm, any Ents round there, do you?’ he asked. ‘Well, not Ents, Entwives I should really say.’ ‘Entwives?’ said Pippin. ‘Are they like you at all?’ ‘Yes, hm, well no: I do not really know now’, said Treebeard thoughtfully. ‘But they would like your country, so I just wondered.’ —TT, 75 (III, 4)