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At

last

Merry

halted

.

'

We

ca

n't

go

on

like

this

,

'

he

panted

.

'

I

want

some

air

.

'

'

Let

's

have

a

drink

at

any

rate

,

'

said

Pippin

.

'

I

'm

parched

.

'

He

clambered

on

to

a

great

tree-root

that

wound

down

into

the

stream

,

and

stooping

drew

up

some

water

in

his

cupped

hands

.

It

was

clear

and

cold

,

and

he

took

many

draughts

.

Merry

followed

him

.

The

water

refreshed

them

and

seemed

to

cheer

their

hearts

;

for

a

while

they

sat

together

on

the

brink

of

the

stream

,

dabbling

their

sore

feet

and

legs

,

and

peering

round

at

the

trees

that

stood

silently

about

them

,

rank

upon

rank

,

until

they

faded

away

into

grey

twilight

in

every

direction

.

'

I

suppose

you

have

n't

lost

us

already

?

'

said

Pippin

,

leaning

back

against

a

great

tree-trunk

.

'

We

can

at

least

follow

the

course

of

this

stream

,

the

Entwash

or

whatever

you

call

it

,

and

get

out

again

the

way

we

came

.

'

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'

We

could

,

if

our

legs

would

do

it

,

'

said

Merry

;

'

and

if

we

could

breathe

properly

.

'

'

Yes

,

it

is

all

very

dim

,

and

stuffy

,

in

here

,

'

said

Pippin

.

'

It

reminds

me

,

somehow

,

of

the

old

room

in

the

Great

Place

of

the

Tooks

away

back

in

the

Smials

at

Tuckborough

:

a

huge

place

,

where

the

furniture

has

never

been

moved

or

changed

for

generations

.

They

say

the

Old

Took

lived

in

it

year

after

year

,

while

he

and

the

room

got

older

and

shabbier

together-and

it

has

never

changed

since

he

died

,

a

century

ago

.

And

Old

Gerontius

was

my

great-great-grandfather

:

that

puts

it

back

a

bit

.

But

that

is

nothing

to

the

old

feeling

of

this

wood

.

Look

at

all

those

weeping

,

trailing

,

beards

and

whiskers

of

lichen

!

And

most

of

the

trees

seem

to

be

half

covered

with

ragged

dry

leaves

that

have

never

fallen

.

Untidy

.

I

ca

n't

imagine

what

spring

would

look

like

here

,

if

it

ever

comes

;

still

less

a

spring-cleaning

.

'

'

But

the

Sun

at

any

rate

must

peep

in

sometimes

.

'

said

Merry

.

'

It

does

not

look

or

feel

at

all

like

Bilbo

's

description

of

Mirkwood

.

That

was

all

dark

and

black

,

and

the

home

of

dark

black

things

.

This

is

just

dim

,

and

frightfully

tree-ish

.

You

ca

n't

imagine

animals

living

here

at

all

,

or

staying

for

long

.

'

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'N

o

,

nor

hobbits

,

'

said

Pippin

.

'

And

I

do

n't

like

the

thought

of

trying

to

get

through

it

either

.

Nothing

to

eat

for

a

hundred

miles

,

I

should

guess

.

How

are

our

supplies

?

'

'

Low

,

'

said

Merry

.

'

We

ran

off

with

nothing

but

a

couple

of

spare

packets

of

lembas

,

and

left

everything

else

behind

.

'

They

looked

at

what

remained

of

the

elven-cakes

:

broken

fragments

for

about

five

meagre

days

,

that

was

all

.

'

And

not

a

wrap

or

a

blanket

,

'

said

Merry

.

'

We

shall

be

cold

tonight

,

whichever

way

we

go

.

'

'

Well

,

we

'd

better

decide

on

the

way

now

,

'

said

Pippin

.

'

The

morning

must

be

getting

on

.

'

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