Unless...
I was babysitting for the Frog (my friend's toddler) tonight and one of the stories I read him was the Lorax. The last page goes like this:
UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot,It seemed like so much responsibility to put on such a little baby, I got upset and teary reading it to him.* The world felt like a heavy weight today, and I didn't want to give it to him.
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 Truffula 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.
* Just to clarify I haven't completely changed my politics - I don't think the unless... is one boy and one Truffula seed (lots of children is a different matter), but it was close enough to upset me.
Ha, I've been checking your blog every few hours just to catch up on the cop rapist case and came across your 'Lorax' post. I recently bought this book at a book fair for my 3 year old and after reading the first few pages, I realised it would have been better to give it to my partner who has almost finished his business studies degree. Dr Suess is just brilliant.
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I read this story to my children and I get all teary too.
ReplyDeleteI've teared many a time reading that too.
ReplyDeleteI prefer I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew - there is no utopia.
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