“I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees,
Which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please!”

—  Dr. Seuss , The Lorax

Source: The Lorax (1971)
Context: I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees,
Which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please!
But I'm also in charge of the brown Bar-ba-loots,
Who played in the shade in their Bar-ba-loot suits,
And happily lived, eating Truffula fruits.
Now, thanks to your hacking my trees to the ground,
There's not enough Truffula fruit to go 'round!
And my poor Bar-ba-loots are all getting the crummies
Because they have gas, and no food, in their tummies!

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American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of B… 1904–1991

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