Horton Hatches the Egg

Horton Hatches the Egg

Sighed Mayzie, a lazy bird hatching an egg: " I'm tired and I'm bored And I've kinks in my leg From sitting, just sitting here day after day. It's 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. …. . "

" Very well, " said the elephant, " since you insist. . . . You want a vacation. Go fly off and take it. I'll sit on your egg and I'll try not to break it. Ill stay and be faithful. I mean what I say. " " Toodle-oo! " sang out Mayzie and fluttered away.

" H-m-m-m. . . the first thing to do, " murmured Horton, " Let's see. . . . The first thing to do is to prop up this tree And make it much stronger. That has to be doneBefore I get on it. I must weigh a ton. "

Then carefully, Tenderly, Gently he creptUp the trunk to the nest where the little egg slept.