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O'Hare, what we've got for you is something that is going to take O'Hare Air to the next level. Wait, outside of town? People used to say if you brought him 15 cents, a nail and the shell of a great, great, great grandfather snail, he would tell you everything. That's the place where the Once-ler lives. And no birds ever sing, excepting old crows. Well, where can I find him? Far outside of town where the grass never grows and the wind smells slow and sour when it blows. Grammy, is this a real thing that we're talking about now? Oh, he's real all right. The Once-ler is the man who knows what happened to the trees. Would you be a dear and go get them for me? Sure, Mom. I'm old and can't even remember to put my teeth in. The what? Mom, it's not really the time for one of your magical fables, okay? That's right, I forgot.
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Where would I go? What do I do? Then you know what? You need to find the Once-ler. Summer, autumn, winter, and disco! Mom? Come on, Ted. What's its purpose? Look at what we've got. Really? You would rather have some dirty, messy lump of wood that just sticks out of the ground? And it does what? I don't even know what it does. Yeah, but I mean a real one that grows out of the ground or whatever.
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So, Mom, do you happen to know if there's any place where I could get a real tree? Ted, we already have a tree. What I want more than anything in the whole world is to see a real living tree growing in my backyard. And they smelled like butterfly milk! Wow! What does that even mean? I know, right? Oh, yeah.
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And people said that the touch of their tufts was softer than anything, even silk. Did you paint this? Do you like it? What? Are you kidding? This is amazing! What are those? Those are trees. Hey, do you want to see something cool? Come on. Did your ball land in my backyard again? What? No. In Thneedville, it's a brand new dawn With brand new cars and houses and lawns Here in Got-all-that-we-need-ville In Thneedville, we manufacture our trees Each one is made in factories And uses 96 batteries In Thneedville, the air's not so clean So we buy it fresh It comes out this machine! In Satisfaction's- guaranteed-ville In Thneedville, we don't want to know Where the smog and trash and chemicals go I just went swimming, and now I glow In Thneedville, we have fun year round We surf and snowboard right in town We thank the Lord for all we've got Including this brand new parking lot! Parking lot! Parking lot! Oh, look, it's Aloysius O'Hare Aloysius O'Hare The man who found a way to sell air And became a zillionaire Hip-hip-hooray! In Thneedville, we love living this way It's like living in paradise It's perfect! And that's how it will stay Oh, yeah! Here in Love-the-life-we-lead-ville Destined-to-succeed-ville We-are-all-agreed-ville We love it here in. So, what happened to them? Cue the music! Let's see. We open in Thneedville, a city they say that was plastic and fake, and they liked it that way! A town without nature, not one living tree. But there's more to this story than what's on the page, so please pay attention while I set the stage. Regarding the story that you're about to see it actually happened. And I'd like to say a few words, if you please.