Horton Hatches the Egg
Dr. Seuss
Language: English
Pages: 64
ISBN: 039480077X
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Meet Horton the elephant, one of the most commendable heroes in children’s books.
“I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. . . .
An elephant’s faithful, one hundred per cent!”
Horton is kind and trustworthy, but unfortunately, the lazy bird Mayzie takes advantage of his good nature when she leaves Horton to watch her unhatched egg. Told with Dr. Seuss’s signature rhymes and trademark illustrations, this is a tale that will be enjoyed over and over, by reader and listener alike. And don’t miss another delightful tale about this beloved pachyderm: Horton Hears a Who!
cent!” After bobbing around for two weeks like a cork, They landed at last in the town of New York. “All ashore!” the men shouted, And down with a lurch Went Horton the Elephant Still on his perch, Tied onto a board that could just scarcely hold him. . . . BUMP! Horton landed! And then the men sold him! Sold to a circus! Then week after week They showed him to people at ten cents a peek. They took him to Boston, to Kalamazoo, Chicago, Weehawken and Washington, too; To
cent!” After bobbing around for two weeks like a cork, They landed at last in the town of New York. “All ashore!” the men shouted, And down with a lurch Went Horton the Elephant Still on his perch, Tied onto a board that could just scarcely hold him. . . . BUMP! Horton landed! And then the men sold him! Sold to a circus! Then week after week They showed him to people at ten cents a peek. They took him to Boston, to Kalamazoo, Chicago, Weehawken and Washington, too; To
There rang out the noisiest ear-splitting squeaks From the egg that he’d sat on for fifty-one weeks! A thumping! A bumping! A wild alive scratching! “My egg!” shouted Horton. “My EGG! WHY, IT’S HATCHING!” “But it’s MINE!” screamed the bird, when she heard the egg crack. (The work was all done. Now she wanted it back.) “It’s MY egg!” she sputtered. “You stole it from me! Get off of my nest and get out of my tree!” Poor Horton backed down With a sad, heavy heart. . . . But at
they shouted. “MY WORD! It’s something brand new! IT’S AN ELEPHANT-BIRD!! And it should be, it should be, it SHOULD be like that! Because Horton was faithful! He sat and he sat! He meant what he said And he said what he meant. . . .” . . . And they sent him home Happy, One hundred per cent!
work! How I hate it! I’d much rather play! I’d take a vacation, fly off for a rest If I could find someone to stay on my nest! If I could find someone, I’d fly away—free. . . .” Then Horton, the Elephant, passed by her tree. “Hello!” called the lazy bird, smiling her best, “You’ve nothing to do and I do need a rest. Would YOU like to sit on the egg in my nest?” The elephant laughed. “Why, of all silly things! I haven’t feathers and I haven’t wings. ME on your egg? Why, that