- "HORTON HEARS A WHO"
- bY dR. zEUSS
- "A person
is a person,
no matter how small"
the following is how I remember it...
In HORTON HEARS A WHO, the city of
"Whoville" was threatened because everyone
was too small. Because they were so small,
they were rarely heard or even seen. That
made it almost impossible for them to get
anything done, much less get anything they
needed. It wasn't safe, plus hardly anyone
knew they were even alive! Except Horton.
He was the only one in the world who knew
about the who's. He was like a big brother.
He got them food and protected them, for
they were all as small as thimbles.
So Horton looked after
them. What's more,
Horton was a good
leader and he knew that
even though he could
protect them, he could
never be their voice.
And being heard is
really important!
Everyone knows that.
So for a while, Horton
tried to be their
voice. He even hollored out
loud for them.
But it didn't work. Horton's
voice just wasn't
loud enough for everyone to
hear. Especially
if they wanted people in the
other towns to hear
them. (sigh)...Things were
a mess.
So Horton pleaded with
the Who's to speak up.
Horton hollered......"You
've got to speak up
you Who's! You've
got to speak up so other
people know you're
hear!" Horton even suggested
that the Who's have
a town meeting so that all
could try to speak
loudly together. And if they
practiced hard and
if they were really loud, then
everyone in the other
towns would be able to hear
them. "If you
don't", said Horton, you'll all be
in a really big stew!"
So the Who's listened
to Horton and at the town
meeting they all spoke
loudly together. Horton
would even dart to
the edge of town and listen for
them. But it didn't
work. Horton couldn't hear a
peep. Nope. They just
weren't loud enough.
Not until..............not
until at the last second
when little Jo-Jo,
who was late as they were
practicing together,
came in and added his voice.
Eureka!! That was
it.
Horton dashed to the
edge of town an yup! He
and Everyone could
hear the Who's (finally) in
Whoville. And probably
from everywhere, too!
Just that one added
voice, in a unified
celebration of everyone
working together, made
it loud enough for
everyone to hear them.
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