Everybody Needs a Thneed

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Switching to first person don't hate me.


I awoke to the ground shaking. The Onceler ran over to me, "Y/N, I think it's an earthquake!" Just then the Lorax burst in. "What have you  done, Onceler!?" He was yelling though and the rumbling noise was so loud.

The three of us ran outside to see a stampeed of people. They had on their shoulders a pretty blond lady wearing a hat. Wait no, a Thneed! They were singing something though it took me a second to realize what. No way! It was the Onceler's jingle. Everybody Needs a Thneed.

I ran over and joined sing along with them. They were crowding around the Onceler, throwing their money at him. He picked it up. "Oh man, we're going to be rich!"

He promised them he would begin working on more right away.  He and I excitedly ran back to the house while the crowd left still singing. The Onceler was humming to himself while he dialed a number into his phone.

"Hello! Momma? We're going to be rich! Bring the whole family here right away. We need all the help we can get!" I heard an excited voice on the other end and then he hung up. I looked over at the Lorax. He was shaking his head and sighing to himself.

"What's got you looking so down for?" I asked. The Onceler looked over at him too. "Oh brother, he's going to tell me to not cut any more trees down." "You promised!" The Lorax pointed an angry finger at the Onceler. "Yes, and I don't have to cut them down, I can just harvest the tufts." He shrugged.

The Lorax sighed again and walked outside too go sit on the stump. I followed him and sat on the grass next to him. "Are you okay?" I ask. "Yes, Y/N. Though I don't think anyone else is. That kid's going to chop them all down." I got slightly defensive about this. "No! He promised he wouldn't. Once is a smart guy, he's not going to do that." The Lorax paused before speaking again. "You've seen the sparkle in his eye every time he does something he thinks his will like. If they tell him to chop down a tree, he's going to."

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