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Wise Words from The Lorax
"I meant no harm. I most truly did not. But I had
to grow bigger. So bigger I got. I biggered my
factory. I biggered my roads. I biggered my
wagons. I biggered the loads of the Thneeds I
shipped out. I was shippping them forth to the
South! To the East! To the West! To the North! I
went right on biggering...selling more Thneeds.
And I biggered my money, which everyone needs....And at that very moment, we heard a load whack!
From outside in the fields came a sickening smack
of an axe on a tree. Then we heard the tree fall.
The very last Truffula Tree of them all! No more
trees. No more Thneeds. No more work to be
done....'But now,' says the Once-ler, 'Now that you're
here, the word of the Lorax seems perfectly
clear. UNLESS someone like you cares a whole
awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's
not.''SO...catch!' calls the Once-ler. He lets
something fall. 'It's a Truffula Seed. It's the
last one of all! You're in charge of the last of
the Truffula Seeds. And Truffular Trees are what
everyone needs. Plant a new Truffula. Treat it
with care. Give it clean water. And feed it fresh
air. Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that
hack. Then the Lorax and all of his friends may
come back.'--excerpted from The Lorax by Dr. Seuss