The Lorax: The Trees! The Trees! The Voice Of The Trees! Page #2

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Yes, yes.

Then it all started

a long, long time ago.

I was a young man

leaving home.

Well, here I go, Mom. Off to

change the world with my human trafficing.

I'm actually doing it!

Yes, but just

remember, fiddie,

if somehow your invention

ends up a failure

instead of a success,

oh, it wouldn't

surprise me at all!

Nice wheels.

Burn!

Ow!

Yeah, "Burn!"

But you will see, okay? I'm

going to prove you all wrong.

Come on, Melvin!

So, there I was

at the very bottom.

With nothing

but a wagon, a mule,

and a completely irrational

sense of optimism.

I was searching the globe,

obsessed with finding the

perfect material for my Thneed.

But I'd had

absolutely no success.

Until one day,

I found paradise.

Oh!

We're going to be

there soon, I'm sure.

Whoa!

This is the most

beautiful place,

okay, I have ever seen.

Oh.

Ta-da!

Whoa!

Yeah

This is it

This is the place

These Truffula trees

are just what I need

Gonna chop one down

and make my Thneed

But first...

Now you!

That's great!

So now our

friendship can begin

Hand in hand,

and wing and fin

There's nothing

you and I can't do

So let's all make

my dreams come true

Hey, guys!

Come on, where is my back-up chorus?

What?

Ah-ha! Oh.

Ooh!

Hey, hey, wait.

Wait a minute.

Excuse me?

Yeah, that's awesome.

Feeding junk food to forest

animals? That's great.

But, uh, is there

a musical number

where you show me

how to get a tree?

Because I would

love to hear that one.

Oh, yes. Right after the

musical number about the kid

who kept

interrupting the story,

and was never

heard from again.

Right, got it. Proceed.

All right, here we go.

About to make a Thneed,

about to change the world.

Check it out, guys...

Where did everybody go?

Little did I know that

by chopping down that tree

I had just summoned a mystical

creature as old as time itself.

The legendary,

slightly annoying

guardian of the forest.

The Lorax.

Hey!

Whoo!

Did you

chop down this tree?

Uh... No.

Who did it?

What's that?

I think he did it.

Leave!

Vacate the premises!

Take your ax

and get out!

And who are you?

I'm the Lorax!

Guardian of the forest.

I speak for the trees.

So you're telling me,

you just didn't see me

magically appear

out of that stump?

With all the lightning

and thunder and stuff.

You didn't see

any of that?

No, but that sounds amazing.

Can I see some of that?

Uh, yeah, I could show you.

But that's not how it works.

Okay. Um...

Didn't really happen.

Oh, I know what you want!

I've got one of these for the

cutest little guy I ever saw!

Yummy, yummy,

yummy, yummy, yummy...

How dare you!

Give me that!

Mmm.

I'm going to eat this,

but I am highly

offended by it.

What are you... Hey,

Mustache! Will you stop that?

What's your deal, man?

Time for you to go,

Beanpole! Pull them right out.

Just going to put them right

back in. We can do this all day.

Stop right there! Stop it!

So you would hammer one of

nature's innocent creatures?

What? No!

I would never hit this little

guy. You, on the other hand,

I would

gladly pound you

and your mustache

into the ground!

Behold! The intruder

and his violent ways.

Shame on you.

For shame!

All right, you know what? That's it!

You listen to me,

you furry meatloaf.

I'm going to chop down as

many trees as I need. Okay?

Newsflash!

Not going anywhere!

End of story.

Then you

leave me no choice.

If you're not gone by the time

the sun sets on this valley,

all the forces of nature

will be unleashed upon you

and curse you until

the end of your days!

You have been warned.

Thanks.

Yeah, okay.

You have been warned.

But I didn't listen

to his warning.

And you won't believe

what happened that night.

What?

If you want to hear more,

come back tomorrow.

Hey, wait, wait! Tomorrow?

Whoa!

Whoa-ho-ho.

Are you serious right now?

Ah! You live in

the middle of nowhere!

It stinks out here.

Don't make me come back!

I guess you don't really want

to hear the rest of the story.

No, no.

I do. I really do. I want

to hear the story. I just...

Nah! You don't have

what it takes. Goodbye.

Wait, wait!

I have what it takes.

It's all right. It's

okay, I'll come back.

It's no problem.

See, here I am, leaving.

Walking away now.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Mmm.

Maybe. Just maybe.

What did you

wish for, Audrey?

Well, I would

love to tell you,

but, sadly, according to the

universal wish laws, I cannot.

I know

what she wished for.

Was it, perhaps...

This?

Ted, you didn't.

Oh, no. I totally did.

Happy birthday, Audrey.

Kiss him! Kiss him!

Ted.

Ted. Tedster.

Huh!

You're kissing the

cereal again, hon. What?

I just...

I like this cereal.

What one is this?

Yeah!

Okay.

Well, I'll make sure to

buy extra next time for you.

All right, cool. Hey, I got

to run. I got to go do a thing.

So, I'll see you guys.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

You're not going

anywhere, young man.

It's Sunday.

You know what that means?

Family time, and we're

all playing board games!

But...

Hmm.

Mmm?

Oh, man.

Mom, seriously,

every turn?

Hey, back off!

Ooh!

No.

Okay! Family time is over.

It is now personal time.

I'll be in my room.

Okay, dear. Have fun.

I knew

I could break her.

Go.

Huh?

Go see him!

Oh, yeah!

You rule!

Thank you, Grammy.

Whoa!

Hey! Ted, right?

Um, Mr. O'Hare?

So, I hear you have

become interested in trees.

What's that all about?

Oh. Um...

Where did you hear that?

Oh.

Teddy, there's not much

that goes on in Thneedville

that I don't know about.

Here's the deal, I make a living

selling fresh air to people.

Trees?

They make it for free.

So, when I hear

people talking about them,

I consider it kind of

a threat to my business.

I don't even know

what you're talking about.

You listen to me, boy.

Don't go poking around in

things you don't understand

or I'll be your

worst nightmare.

I'm Frankenstein's head

on a spider's body!

Yeah, um...

Okay, my mom is expecting

me. So, I'm just going to...

Of course, of course. Now, go

back to your family game time.

Grandma just

finished her turn.

How did you know?

Please. I have

eyes everywhere.

Huh!

You got a beautiful

town here, Ted.

Lots of fun stuff to occupy

your short attention span.

Why, I can't

think of any reason

you would ever want to

go outside of town again.

Ever.

Okay! Good talk.

Really good talk.

Oh, no.

Look out!

Hey, man? You know, you need

to change that door bell.

Oh, you missed me.

What?

You're already back. Clearly,

you missed me a little. Right?

No, I didn't. I'm just here

to hear the end of the story.

Why are you so interested

in trees anyway?

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