Dr. Seuss The Lorax

Ted Wiggins is an idealistic 12yearold boy, who lives in Thneedville, a walled city that, aside from the human citizens, is completely artificial; everything is made of plastic, metal, or synthetics. Ted has a crush on local environmentalist Audrey, who wants to see a real tree more than anything in the world, and decides to find one in order to impress her. His energetic Grammy Norma secretly tells Ted the legend of the Onceler, who will tell anyone about trees if brought fifteen cents, a nail, and a shell of a greatgreatgreat grandfather snail. When Ted leaves Thneedville in search of the Onceler, he discovers that the outside world is a contaminated, empty wasteland. Once the boy finds him, the Onceler agrees to tell Ted about the trees on the condition that he listens to the story over multiple visits. Ted agrees, but on his way home, he encounters the mayor of Thneedville, Aloysius O Hare, who is also the proprietor of a company that sells bottled oxygen to Thneedville residents. O Hare explai