Merry bangs on Frodo's door to wake him. It is still dark, but the other Hobbits have been up preparing for their departure. Pippin sets out to saddle the ponies while Frodo has breakfast. The band of five set out to the Old Forest with Fatty riding along beside them to see them off. When they reach the Forest, Fatty bids them farewell and returns to Crickhollow on his pony.
The Forest does not seem to want to allow them easy passage and Pippin yells at the trees to let them through. The others tell him to stop shouting, but his method seems to have worked because, suddenly, the trees part revealing to them a large clearing in the woods.
Daylight has fully bloomed and they can see the sun shining through the.....
