The True Story of the Lorax Revealed
A recent excavation turned up the lost journal of the Lorax, along with a series of shocking revelations.
These journal pages — most likely written by the Lorax — were discovered recently, buried under a small pile of rocks. Please note, the language gets more pained in the final entries and the reader may find them upsetting. In those entries, you can sense the looming end, and the effects the prolonged campaign of terror Onceler’s Incorporated had exacted on the Lorax. Also note there is none of the poetic singsonginess of the authorized version of The Lorax — more evidence that that version is a highly refined piece of corporate propaganda or revisionist history.
The Lorax’s Journal
Day 1
Today I was called out of my den when I heard the cry of a Truffula Tree.* I confronted — civilly — a young man who thought cutting down a tree to make some sort of multi-use clothing out of the tufts was ok. I will keep a close watch on him.
Day 7
Dozens of people showed up and started cutting down the Truffulas today! I can’t believe how fast this has escalated. At first the Barbaloots and I hugged the trees they headed toward. But there are so many Truffulas that the workers just cut…
