霍顿与无名氏.docx

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霍顿与无名氏

Yeah!

Onthe15thofMay,inthejungleofNool,

intheheatoftheday,inthecoolofthepool,

hewassplashing,enjoyingthejungle'sgreatjoys,

whenHortontheElephantheardasmallnoise.

-Horton!

-Horton!

Goodmorning,class.Areyouready?

-Yeah!

-Jumponboard!

Lookoutbelow!

Tommy'sonboard.Katie,youthere?

Okay.

Thereitis.

Thisisoneofthejungle'smostamazingcreatures,theleafbug.

lnordertoprotectitselffrompredators,itdisguisesitselfasaleaf.

Thisone'sgotquiteagrip.Comeon,littlebuddy.

Don'tbeshy.

lguesslwasmistaken,kids.

Thereareobviouslynoleafbugsinthisarea.Evenif...

No,they'reonme!

lthinklswallowedone!

Tommy!

Pullitout!

Uh,okay.

Thenhumpfinga'humpf'wasasourKangaroo,

thetypewho'sconvincedsheknowsbetterthanyou.

Shemadeeverylawandenforcedeveryrule

asself-proclaimedheadofthejungleofNool.

Whycan'tlplaywiththeotherkids,Mom?

Howmanytimeshaveltoldyouthat

thejungleisnoplacetoactlikeawildanimal.

My,thatHortoncertainlyiseccentric.

Andthechildrenarelearningsomuchfromhim.

Learningtobeabunchofharebrainedhalf-wits!

Andthat'swhymyRudyispouch-schooled.

SowhileKangaroostoodthere,sneeringasneer...

Horton,thatwasthebesttimel'veeverhadinmylife!

Whatareyougonnashowusnext?

...onceagain,thespeckfloatedrightbyHorton'sear.

Thenhehearditagain,justaveryfaintyelp,

asifsometinypersonwerecallingforhelp.

Andyouknowwhathethought?

Why,hethoughtthattheremustbesomeone

ontopofthatsmallspeckofdust!

Orevenafamily,itjustmightbeso,

afamilywithchildrenjuststartingtogrow.

lwanttolive!

lgottago.Katie,you'reincharge!

Wait!

-Comeback!

-Watchit!

Onemore!

Onemore!

Onemore!

-lhearsomeonecoming!

-Givemethose!

-Wait!

-Soundthealarm!

Excuseme.Pardonmystampede!

Sorry,Wickershams!

lpromisel'mgonnacleanallthisuplater!

Bringtheammo!

llovethesmellofbananasinthemorning.

Bananainthehole!

Comeon,guys!

We'reallmammals!

lfeelthediplomaticprocessisbeginningtobreakdown.

Thereyouare!

lgotyou!

Hi,kids!

Wow.

There.

Nowyou'resafe.

lknowlheardyousaysomething.ljustknowit.

Whereareyou?

Horton!

Sorry!

ljust...Therewasthisspeck,anditcalledoutforhelp.

-Andlwas...-Thespeckcalledoutforhelp?

Well,notthespeck.lmean,that'sridiculous.

lsthatwhatyouthoughtlmeant?

No,thespeckcan'tcalloutforhelp.

Comeon,getreal.

No,there'satinypersononthatspeckthatneedsmyhelp.

Absurd.Therearen'tpeoplethatsmall!

Well,maybetheyaren'tsmall.

-Maybewe'rebig.-Horton.

No,really,thinkaboutit.Whatiftherewassomeonewayoutthere

lookingdownonourworldrightnow?

Andtothem,we'rethespecks.

Andthen,maybesomeoneelsewillcomealongandsay,

''Oh,therecan'tbepeoplethatsmall'',andthefirstguywouldsay,

''Areyoucallingmealiar?

''

Andthesecondguywouldsay,''lftheshoefits,wearit!

''

Andnowthefistsareflying,andthefirstguypicksupabrick,

andyoumightwanttozipupthepouchforthisnextpart.

''Allright,fatboy,youwantsomeofthis...''

-Horton!

-What?

Thereisnothingonthatspeck.

-Butlheard.-Didyou?

Really?

Oh,my.

Thenhowcomeldon'thearanything?

Well...

lfyoucan'tsee,hearorfeelsomething,

itdoesn'texist.

Andbelievingintiny,imaginarypeople

isjustnotsomethingwedoortolerate,

hereinthejungleofNool.

Really?

Becauselbetiflreallytried,lcouldfindsomebodywho'dbelieve

-whatl'vebeensaying.-Youwilldonothingofthesort.

Youwillnotbreatheawordofthislietoanyoneelse,especiallythechildren.

ldonotwantyoupoisoningtheirmindswiththisnonsense.

Ourcommunityhasstandards,Horton.

lfyouwanttoremainapartofit,lrecommendyoufollowthem.

Haveaniceday.

Allright,then,l'lltakethatunderadvisement.

Certainlyappreciateyourinput.

ldon'tunderstand.lknowlheardyou.

ltwasasplainasthenoseonmyface.

That'sit.Maybeyoucan'thearme.

Ofcourse!

Yourearsmustbetiny.lneedtospeakup.

Hello!

Nowsomepeopleoutthere,lthinklknowwho,

mayfindtheyagreewiththatsourKangaroo.

'Therecan'treallybepeopleassmallasamite.'

Well,therecan,andthereare,becauseHortonwasright.

Hello!

Thatsingle'hello'traveledallthewaydown

tothespeck,throughtheclouds,untilitfoundasmalltown.

AtownknownasWhoville,fortherelivedtheWhos,

feelinghappyandsafe,knowingonlygoodnews,

unawarethattheirworldwasaspeckonaclover,

unawarethatthesweetlifetheyknewmightbeover.

-Over!

-Under!

TheMayorofWhoville,amannamedMcDodd,

wasdevotedandfairandalittlebitodd.

TheMayorandhiswife,theyhadchildrentospare,

96daughters,somehereandsomethere.

96girlstolove,96girlstoteach,

buttheMayorhadonlyafewsecondsforeach.

Daddy,lgotbetterthanbestonmyWho-storytest.

Who-story.lrememberitwell.

That'soneofmygirls.

-Hildy'sbeenusingmyhairbrush!

-Holly'sbeenusingmyhairbrush!

Look!

Overthere!

There.Allbetter.

CanlpleasehaveaWho-phone,Dad?

Everyoneelseinmyclasshasone.

Oh,really?

Everyone?

lwillthinkaboutit.

Daddy,look!

Daddy,look!

Toof.

lt'sa''T-H'',sweetheart.lt's''tooth.''

lnWhovilletradition,unlikeyoursormine,

theMayor'soldestisnextintheMayoralline.

Andwhowastheoldest?

Toleadandstandtall?

ltwasJoJo,hisson,thesmallestWhoofall.

So,JoJo,what'sshaking?

What'shappening?

What'stheword?

Now,toyouortome,it'sabundantlyclear

thatJoJodidnotwanthisfather'scareer.

ButtheMayorpressedforward,completelydeluded,

whileJoJojustsatthereinsilenceandbrooded.

Oh,JoJo!

-Hey,whydoeshegetmoretime?

-That'snotfair.

Son!

Hey!

Andwhydidn'thespeak?

Well,lthinkthattheladwasafraidifhedid,hemightletdownhisdad.

Youknowwhat'sawesome?

Thisisawesome.

Justlookatthemenandwomenhangingonthesewalls.

You,myboy,arepartofafamilylegacythatspanscenturies.

Youknowwhat?

YourgrandfatherwasMayorofWhoville,

andyourgreat-grandmother,that'sright,

allthewaydowntoyour

great-great-great-great-not-so-great-

great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-

grandfather.

Somedaylhopetojointhem.

Beoneofthegreats.

ltellyou,JoJo,thereisnothinglikebeingMayor.

lgettosignresolutions,approveordinances,submitbudgets,

andintheEdibleParade,l'mtheonesittingontopofthegiantmeatball.

Someday,thatcanbeyou,too,JoJo.

Somedayyou'llbetheonewearingtheMayoralCrest.

Youjust...Youjustneedto...

Youknowwhatlmean?

Okay.Goodchat.

l'mgladthatwehadthistalk

thatl'mcontinuingnowbymyself.Good.

There.Thatoughttobecomfy.

Nothingwrongwiththis,Morton.Nothingwrongwiththis.

Justyou,meandthespeck,shootingthebreeze.

We'reaclub.We'reagroup.Wecantakeavoteontheissues.

Wecanbeasecretsocietythatcontrolsthebalanceofpowerintheworld.

-Horton.-Andnooneelsecanjoin,

unlesstheywearfunnyhats.

Listen,Horton!

TheChairrecognizesBrotherMorton.

lamreallyhappyyoufoundthisspeckandall,

butyoumightwanttothinkaboutkeepingittoyourself.

What?

Why?

Well,you'retalkingtoaclover.Thatdoesn'tlookgood.

Youknowwhatdoesn'tlookgood?

Youtalkingaboutthespecklikethespeckisn'teventhere.

Thespeckneversaidanythingbadaboutyou.

But,hey!

Goodluckwithyourillusionofsuperiority.

Youknow,thespeckcanthinkanythingitwantsaboutme.lt'saspeck.

lseewhat'sgoingonhere.

Morton,nomatterhowtightthespeckandlget,

thespeckcouldneverreplaceyou.

l'monlysadthatlwouldhavetoexplainthat,atthispoint.

Well,that'sawesome,Horton.Thatreallyhelps.

Justtrytokeepthistoyourself.

l'llseeyoulater.Try.

Hey,Horton!

Whatyougotthere?

What?

Nothing!

We'renotdoinganything.

-We'retotallyalone.-Who's''we''?

''We''?

What?

''We''?

Didlsaythat?

ljust...Oh.

No,lwouldneversaythat,becausethatwouldimplythat

lwaswithsomeone,andnotalone.

Okay,seriously,youcan'ttellanybody.lmeanit.

lfanybodyfindsoutaboutthis,itcouldbevery,verybad.

l'mnotsurewhy.

Wewon'ttellanyone.

Andifwedo,we'lltellthemnottotellanyone.

Perfect!

Okay,l'mtakingabath,right,

'causemyskingetskindofdryandalittlebitashy.

WhileHortoncamecleanaboutthespeckthathe'dfound

andhowhehadsaveditwhenitnearlydrowned,

theMayorsetoffonhismorningcommute

andnoticedthingsweren'tquitethesameonhisroute.

Butpleasedon'tblameHorton,forhedidn'tknowthatasmallbumpabove...

...andldoveinthewaterlikethis!

...wasabigbumpbelow.

Hey,Joe,don'tworktoohard.

Theseluxurycondos,theydon'tbuildthemselves.

Hey,lookatthat!

lguesstheydobuildthemselves.

Okay,thathappened.

Now,theMayorknewitwashisjobtoconveytheunusualthings

thathe'dnoticedthatday,buttherewasoneproblem.

Thoughhiswillwasstrong...

-You'relate.-Thankyou,MissYelp.

...nothinginWhovillehadevergonewrong.

Wehaveallthatweneed.Weneedallthatwe'vegot.

WelikeitinWhoville.Welikeitalot!

We'reallverybusywiththeWho-Centennialcomingup,

solet'sbringthismeetingtoorder.

Mr.Mayor,lpresumeyouhavesomegoodnewsforus.

Well,it'snews.

ldon'tknowifweneedtogolabelingit''good''or''bad''oranythinglikethat.

Thethingis,lhavenoticedsomeoddgoings-oninWhovillelately.

Good''oddgoings-on''?

Well,youknow,tremors,cloudsswirlinginthesky.

And