: I have not read the other Treebeard thread, and actually don't have time to delve into it, but I hope someone pointed out that Treebeard told Merry and Pippin he had seen Gandalf in the forest but that they had said nothing to each other.

: Treebeard knew Gandalf was alive but he got all his news from Merry and Pippin until he was able to speak with Gandalf at Isengard (at which time Gandalf revealed some things to Treebeard that the hobbits hadn't, though Tolkien doesn't say what the wizard told him).

The point of contention is whether or not Treebeard and Gandalf spoke, and thus if Gandalf had a hand in the rousing of the ents?

-RR