We have been reading Dr. Seuss books to Jakjak for quite a while now. In fact, the time has already come that Jakjak has started reading on his own (and I mean, really read and not just pretend reading). As with the majority of Dr. Seuss books, The Lorax is one of those that engages a child's imagination and yet subliminally injects little lessons in life that is meant to help a child in developing good habits.
We enjoyed reading the Lorax, so much in fact, that there was a time that Jakjak would only ask us to read it for weeks as his bedtime story. Of course, that being said, we were especially excited when the movie trailer was shown for The Lorax. We already knew what to expect, because of the adaptation of Horton Hears a Who. Adaptations of books don't necessarily have to be the exact narration of the book. And we were right. It was a good interpretation of a classic, and by no means was it half baked. Still, we were (and still are) fans of the actual book and we kind of expected more. But then again, it is not a mere adaptation, it is more of an update. I mean, the book was first published in 1972 after all. And to appeal to today's audience means it needs to be 21st century material, and that effort paid off with a well made Lorax movie.
Well, now it is Jakjak who speaks for the trees. And he says that we would need to plant more seeds that turn into trees. But we only seem to have monggo seeds at home, and that means we have to plant hundreds of monggo seeds. And so now we go home to plant seeds for the Brown Barba-loots, the Humming-Fish and the Swomee-Swans. I just hope that this upcoming generation will be taught about the importance of nature in time to save Gaea.
