"I heard your gardener, Hamfast-Gamzie, once saw a walking elm tree?" Shen Long asked at the dinner table, Hamfast Gamzi is Sam Gamzie's father, who has been working as a gardener for Bilbo for many years.

"Yes, I heard him talk about it back then, but when we went with him to look for it later, we couldn't find it, and everyone thought Hamfast was wrong." Bilbo Baggins took a sip of his beer and said, "That's what you're asking?" ”

"Yes, there are some treants living in the Forest of Fagon, and they want to find their wives, and I accepted the commission." Shen Long nodded and picked up a round fragrant seed cake, "After I left the Shire, I came back after hearing the news, and the walking elm tree in this story sounds very likely to be the wife of the tree man." ”

"Treants?" Bilbo Baggins blinked, and Vlado looked over curiously.

"Yes, it's an ancient creature, they have a long lifespan, but they only like to live in ancient forests, they rarely move, they look like a tree, so few people know about them, but they have a good relationship with Gandalf." Shen Long introduced, "The next time you meet Gandalf, you can ask him." ”

"There are so many strange creatures in this world." Bilbo-Baggins muttered, not knowing if he remembered the orcs he had encountered under the Lonely Mountain or the Gollum he had encountered in the Misty Mountains.

"Well, tomorrow morning Hamfast and his son will come over and help me tidy up the garden, but I'll ask him to take you there." Bilbo agreed, and after eating, he invited Shen Long to the living room again while smoking a pipe while listening to him tell the story outside, and Shen Long told him what he had seen and heard outside in the past two days, and he didn't know if Bilbo Baggins would record these in his memoirs.

At night, he rested in the hole at the bottom of the bag, and the bed in Bilbo's house was a little small, and Shen Long had to curl up to fall asleep, but it was much better than sleeping in a tent outside.

With morning tea, Hamfast and his son Sam came, Sam had a round face like in the movie, and it could be seen that he and Vlado had a good relationship, and the two were very affectionate.

Bilbo told him what had happened, and Hamfast repeatedly emphasized that he was not lying or mistaken, that it was indeed a walking elm tree, and Shen Long asked him to take him to the place where the tree had been found, and he felt that the tree wife seemed to be very suitable for living in the beautiful Shire.

It's a pity that when I got to the place, the surrounding environment was good, all kinds of flowers and shrubs grew very luxuriantly, but I didn't find the elm tree that Hamfast said, and I searched for a section along the direction that Hamfast said that the elm tree disappeared, but there was still no result, maybe those tree wives did go to the Shire, but now they have left.

Shen Long left the charr with regret, since these places were not found, then only the last place remained, that is, the old forest where Tom Bombatier was located; Although Tolkien made it clear in his letter that Tom Bombatier had nothing to do with the Tree Man and that the old willow tree was not a Tree Man, Shen Long found a different clue elsewhere.

The distance from Habiton to the old forest is very close, Vlado and Sam have arrived in two or three days, he is faster on the somersault cloud, even if he flies slowly while enjoying the scenery along the way, it took less than half an hour to fly over the Spirits River, and above the old forest, Shen Long slowly advanced along the wicker river in the middle of the old forest.

The woods here are lush and dark, and there is a steep canyon ahead, and at the exit of the canyon is a flat clearing, through which the wicker river passes, and here grows a huge willow tree, its branches crisscrossing the sky, and there is a huge crack in the trunk, like a grinning mouth, which looks a little scary.

It didn't look like a tree man at all, but with the thought of what to do, Shen Long lowered his height, came to the top of the old willow tree, turned on the tablet and started playing the song of the tree beard.

Before the song was finished, Shen Long felt himself descending uncontrollably, and after a while, he landed on the ground, and a strange guy jumped out in front of him, he was slightly shorter than Shen Long, wearing a tall old hat with blue feathers on the hat band, his coat and eyes were also blue, a brown beard, and his red face was full of wrinkles, making it impossible to see his age.

This is Tom Bombatier, the most unique being in Middle-earth, he is not Vera like Iluvita, nor Maia like Gandalf, but he also has great power, even Sauron he doesn't care much; Tom was looking curiously at Shen Long's somersault cloud and tablet, "Hey, what is this?" Also, who the hell are you, I don't feel like you're a creature from Middle-earth. ”

"Yes, I'm from another world, Mr. Tom Bombatier." Shen Long bowed slightly, he said hello, and he thought that the somersault cloud came down because of him, right?

"Haha, you even know who I am." Tom laughed, "I sense that you don't seem to have any ill feelings about the world, so come and visit my house, and the goldberries will bring you white bread and fresh cream." ”

"It's an honor." Shen Long was also curious about him, so he followed, Tom Bombatier walked forward while singing, Shen Long's heart moved, and the somersault cloud flew back into the sky and followed them overhead.

In Tom's room, a beautiful woman with blond hair and a long emerald green dress was sitting on a chair facing the door.

"Come in, dear guest." The golden berry invited Shen Long to his home and brought him white bread, cream, and various jams.

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

"Yes, I accepted Shuhu's commission to help him find his tree wife, I guess you must know which tree wives have gone where, right?" Shen Long looked at Tom and asked, he had witnessed the first drop of rain fall and the first acorn fruit in Middle-earth growing, he was the master of forests, flowing water and hills, he lived longer than the tree man, and naturally knew more things.

"Yes, I do know they're there, but it's not time for the tree man and the tree wife to reunite." Tom Bombatier said with a smile, seemingly reluctant to reveal the whereabouts of the tree wife.

。 Sogou