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WEDNESDAY. JULY’: 26,1972

PAGE 6 De ~__ THE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C.

This poetic story -- a sort of fable of our time.
. and of our place -- comes to you courtesy
of Random House Publishing Co.
publishers of the internationally famous

Dr. Seus Books.

.. The Dr, Seuss books, published by Random
House have become a fabled institution of our time.
Rich in imagination with truly fantastic drawings
by the author -- they not only captivate children but

frequently communicate a profound truth to the eS ;
adults. In fact many adults are hooked on these :
books.

.. This excerpt from the book,. The Lorax --
published by Random House -- carries a strong
insight into what is happening as man greedily
exhausts and plunders his environment.
Sometimes, like the little boy caught with his hand
in the cooky jar, it is hard for us to admit to those
childish greeds that lead to upset stomachs, And
carried, unchecked into adult-hood they lead to
upset ecologies, poverty- stricken spirits and
exhausted energies.

.. We trust you will find the message of the Lorax as
instructive as we did.

-At the far end of town

where the Grickle-grass grows

and the wind smells slow-and-sour when it blows
and no birds ever sing excepting old crows...
..is the Street of the Lifted Lorax.

And deep in the Grickle-grass, some people say,
if you look deep enough you still see, today,

where the Lorax once stood

just as long as it could

before somebody lifted the Lorax away.

What was the Lorax?
And why was it there?
And why was it lifted and taken somewhere
from the far end of town where the Grickle- grass
grows?

The old Once-ler still lives here.

Ask him. He knows.

cones ” eg ee TS

“Don't knock at his door.
Hestays:in his Lerkim on top of his store.
And on special pink midnights in August,

he peeks
out of the shutters ; os ; a
and sometimes he speaks a “Mister!” he said with a saw-dusty sneeze, 7 : hh
and tells how the Lorax was lified away. . “Tam the Lorax. | speak for the trees. ‘ So a ae Sh AA tetsu rs
; : : - | speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.
“Now i'll tell you,” he says, with his teeth sounding = ~~~) = >. And I’m asking you, sir, at the top of my lungs...” are Peo:
gray, ye (He was very up set as he shouted and puffed.) ears Then. : ae:
“how the Lorax got lifted and taken away. . , "What's that THING you've made out of my OE: ‘Baby! On! my
It all started way back... -. Truffula Tufft?” Mew my business did ‘grow!
such a long.tong time back... , ; 2 New, ‘chopping trees °° ;
“Look, Lorax,”’ | said. ‘’There's no cause for - one ata time
Way back in the days when the grass was Still green Pd alarm. ee was too slow.
and the pond was still wet | chopped just one tree. | am doing no harm. a wo
and the clouds were still clean, I’m being quite useful. This thing ts a Thneed. CO a Soe ; Sg pet : 7
and the song of the Swomee-Swans rang out in (7. Thneed’s a, Fine-Something-That-All-People- vege . . a ,
space... , Need! ee A gees : aly :
one morning, | came to this glorious place, a - . Wsashirt. It’s asock. It’saglove. It’s a hat.
And | first saw the trees! And it has other uses. Yes, far beyond that.
The Truffula Trees! You can use it for carpets. Or use it for sheets.
~ The brighi-colored tuffts of the Truffula Trees! on your bed. Or for covering bicycle seats!”
Mile after mile in the fresh: morning breeze.
j om ~The Lorax said,
, And, under the trees, | saw Brown Bar-ba-loots a co. “Sir! You are crazy with greed.
. frisking about in their Bar-ba-loot suits . ee, There is no one on earth -
. as they played in the shade and ate Truffula. Fruits. os ; who.would buy that fool Thneed!"’
1 From the rippulous pond Le OE eed But, the very next minute, | proved he was wrong.
= came the comfortable sound we For, just at that minute, a chap came along,
i x of the Humming-Fish humming SE GAT Soy and he though that the Thneed | had knitted was:
- while splashing around. a great.

But those trees! Those trees!
‘Those Truffula Trees!
All my lite I’d been searching
for trees such as these. EEE on uh
The touch of their tuffts Cen ee pepgeat.” cried the Lorax, :
a was much softer than slik. ae vot aL fae ~~: “| speak for the trees!“
' & And they had the sweet smell: ‘

: of fresh butterfly milk.

1 | felt a great leaping
a6 of joy In my heart. Bolg oe
I knew just what I’d do! Se yn

_ Funtoaded my cart. veh

l aa ; A ee ano : He happily baught it for three ninety-eight.

I laughed at the Lorax, ‘‘You poor stupid guy !
You never can teil what some people will. buy." woe

/ / lm busy,” | told him,
“Shut up, if you please.’ .

And: me Lorax,..? ° " obs ,
‘He: didn't’ show up. any more.

ahs

: 1 rushed cross the room, sand inno time at all.
~ bullt a radio-phone. | put ina quick call.

ee | called all my brothers and uncles and aunts:
-/e -and I sald, ‘Listen herel- ‘Here's: a wonderful
2 chance.

_ for the whole Once-ler Family to ‘get. mighty. rich!
Get over here fast! - Take the réad t6 North ‘Nitc
Turn left at Weehawken. : Sharp .right: “at South
Stitch, oo yo ee

gm. _ Innotime atall, | had builta small shop..
; § Then’ | chopped dawn a Truffula Tree: ‘with on }

iF chop. et
And with great skillful skill and with great speedy,

nee ts 77
tit Gate

But the next: week «

speed
t took ‘the soft tufft. And | knitted a Thneed?

The instant Vd finished, | heard a gaol
| looked!

1 saw something, pop out of the: stump © .
of the tree I’d chopped down. It was sort of. man.
Describe him...? That‘s hard, 1 don't know if I can

: And; in no thme: at all,

in the. factory 4: bullt,.0-
the.whele Once-ler Family.
was. working full tilt, ;
We were all knitting: Thneeds
“Just as busy as-bees,

* -fo the sound of the hopping
of Truftula Trees. a

He was shortish.. And oldishy
And greenish. And massy.
_And he spoke with a voice
that was sharpish and bossy...