J.R.R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien)

Published august 30, 2008 17:09

Then Melkor sprang up, and with his black spear he smote each Tree to its core, a little above the roots, and their sap poured forth, as it were their blood, and was spilled upon the ground. But Ungoliante sucked it up, and going then from Tree to Tree she plied her foul lips to their wounds, till they were drained; and the poison that was in her passed into their tissues and withered them; and they died.

from the book "" by J.R.R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien)