Kali J Desautels

“He was shortish. And oldish.

And brownish. And mossy.

And he spoke with a voice

that was sharpish and bossy.

“Mister!” he said with a sawdusty sneeze, “I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees.

I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.

And I’m asking you, sir, at the top if my lungs”-

he was very upset as he shouted and puffed-

“What’s that THING you’ve made out of my Truffula tuft?” “Look, Lorax,” I said.”There’s no cause for alarm.

I chopped just one tree. I am doing no harm.

I’m being quite useful. This thing is a Thneed.

A Thneed’s a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need! It’s a shirt. It’s a sock. It’s a glove, It’s a hat.

But it has other uses. Yes, far beyond that.

You can use it for carpets. For pillows! For sheets! Or curtains! Or covers for bicycle seats!”

The Lorax said,

“Sir! You are crazy with greed.

There is no one on earth

who would buy that fool Thneed!”

.

That was long, long ago.

But each day since that day

I’ve sat here and worried

and worried away.

Through the years, while my buildings

have fallen apart,

I’ve worried about it

with all of my heart.

“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.”

Remember that EVERY DAY should be Earth Day, because every day that we are lucky enough to live on this beautiful planet is a day that we should honour it. Our children’s children, our ancestors and the animals that share this planet with us are begging us to protect her. Don’t think that one person can’t do anything to fix this, because every “one person” who didn’t think that they were damaging the Earth have gotten us to where we are now. Take the tiny steps, they will add up.

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