You callin’ me a peanut, huh? I’ll go right up your nose!
There’s no cause for alarm,' he reasons with the Lorax, 'I chopped just one tree.'
Look, everyone here needs trees and you’re chopping them down! So, we’ve got a big problem.
Grow a forest,' the Once-ler says. 'Protect it from axes that hack. Then the Lorax and all of his friends may come back.'
Come on Ted, dance with the tree!
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.
That’s not just a seed any more than you’re not just a boy.
A Thneed’s a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need!
I meant no harm. I most truly did not. But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.
A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean.
I speak for the trees! Let them grow! Let them grow!
I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.