We've collected some of our favorite quotes from the original 1971 book ... chopping as fast as you please." The Lorax character says this to the Once-ler in the book as trees are chopped down.

When he learns of her wish to see a real tree, Ted seeks out the Once-ler, a ruined old businessman ... the land over the protests of the Lorax, Ted is inspired to undo the disaster.

The protagonist of this environmental-disaster tale is a creature called the Lorax, who "speaks for the trees" and stands up to the Once-ler. "The tree was not dead at the time it fell ...