As the man poked at the tree, the cat would start to flutter it's eyes. A few branches would fall as he poked at the tree, causing a few leaves to fall. The cat would stretched on the branch, causing it to move even more, knocking into a few other branches and causing them to move. But even when the cat stopped moving, the branches kept moving. The cat would start to dig it's claws into the tree, as if preparing to hold for dear life. And the girl's face was slowly draining of color.
There was a sudden, loud creaking, like when a large wooden ship struggles to stay together. One of the large branches of the tree would come down suddenly, surprising quick, aiming to slam into the unexpecting Ray's right side and swat him to the side like a fly. Whether he blocked or not, the strike had enough strength to send him to the side regardless. Of course, now the tree's truck would pull from the ground and the reason it looked like it was split made sense; it was two legs. The two large branches ended with three thick long branches, this being the arms and three fingered hands of the Ent, whose face could not be seen on the trunk.
It spread it's legs and hunched slightly, fully being awake now and turning it's head towards the child, taking a step towards her.