Gandalf sensed the Uruk-hai approaching through detection magic and hurriedly led the remaining Ents away.
The Ents were enormous and powerful in battle, but they had one fatal weakness: they moved slowly. Watching them crawl along like turtles, Gandalf could not help complaining, "Can't you move a little faster?"
"We are Ents, not Unicorns."
An Old Ent said slowly, and Gandalf replied, "While your movement speed is indeed very slow, this is nowhere near your limit. Besides, if you had not insisted on holding a meeting, would there be so much trouble?"
After becoming a White Robe Wizard, Gandalf had sensed certain threads of Fate. He discovered that the Ents would play a vital role in the coming great war, so he had specifically come to find them.
Given Gandalf's reputation, meeting the Ents had been easy. Better still, the Ents had been gathering to hold a meeting.
Everything had been fine up to that point, but it quickly went wrong. On one hand, Ents moved slowly and needed two or three days to gather. On the other hand, given the Ents' nature, their meeting would probably last several days—they held meetings while sleeping.
Gandalf had no choice but to wait. Fortunately, that bastard Éomer was over in Rohan, so Gandalf did not need to worry about that side. Unfortunately, before the Ents could finish their meeting, Saruman led the Uruk-hai into Fangorn Forest to find and enslave them.
Gandalf led the Ents into battle against Saruman. He had advanced to the rank of White Robe Wizard, placing him on the same level as Saruman, but this was Saruman's home ground, and he had a Magic Tower there.
Moreover, only some of the Ents had attended the meeting. A great many had not gathered at all, and they were no