Intervention from oneself.

Chapter three

It took awhile, Once-ler wanted to make sure it was perfect. Once he was finished, it was too dark to hunt down the Lorax, so he just decided to show him tomorrow, besides, he needed a good night's rest.
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Once-ler woke up to a loud snoring, turning around to see the Lorax next to him, quickly he shot up, yelling, only to get punched in the nose when the orange creature woke up.

"Uh- Ow. ow, that hurt. Um. What are you doing here?"

"Well i wanted to see your little invention but you were sleeping! So me, and the other animals kind of. Crashed here, hope you don't mind. Really, no harm done."

Once-ler looked around his house, seeing the place in a mess. He signed, though, the Lorax was right, really, no harm done. He could just clean it all up once they left.

"It's about time, beanpole. So, let's take a look at your- whatever it was."

"Thneed." He smiled, confident in his product. He held it up for the Lora to see, getting a little nervous when all he did was stare.

"You chopped down one of my trees to make that- that garbage? Just look at that!"

"Garbage? Oh no, oh NO! You do not get it.." "This is the revolutionary product that will change the world as we know it!"

"It has a million uses!" He reaches under the table, putting the thneed on a large Bar-ba-loot "Look at this! It's a swimsuit!"

Quickly pulling it off, he moves to the floor, seeing the paw prints "Mud tracks all over your floor by uninvited guests? Well, the Thneed sure comes in handy for that! He smiled, wiping the tracks.

"But wait, there's more! Thanks to its all-natural micro-fibers, the Thneed is super absorbent!" Shoving the Thneed in glass of water, it instantly soaks up almost all the water, leaving one of the fish a little squished.

"It also works as a hat!" Once-ler said, plopping it onto the Lorax's head. It's still dripping wet, causing him to laugh awkwardly "Of course, you'd probably want to wring it out first, eh-"

"Go ahead, go ahead! Knock yourself out. But nobody is gonna buy that thing" Obviously not impressed, he glared at Once-ler.

"Oh- well, fortunately you're not exactly the target market." He sighed slightly, grabbing his guitar and strumming it.

"You're bringing a guitar?" The Lorax questioned.

"Oh, yeah! I got a little jingle that's gonna blow some minds, gonna sell some thneeds! Yeah.. I'm off! I'll show you, I'll sell one for sure!" He smiled, holding up the Thneed with confidence.

"Well, if you say so. Break a leg, kid."