And an elephant’s faithful, one hundred percent!” Then one week shy of a year the egg begins to hatch and who should make her way back into the story but Lazy Maysie. He exclaimed, “I meant what I said and I said what I meant. However, despite every insult and every adverse circumstance he encounters, Horton continues to sit on the egg. They yelled ‘How Absurd! Old Horton the Elephant thinks he’s a bird!’” Then some hunters trapped Horton the Elephant and sold him to a circus where he traveled the world. He endures a freezing winter and insults from his friends. Horton waits and waits for Lazy Maysie to return. Horton is persuaded to sit on an egg while its mother, the good-for-nothing bird, Lazy Maysie, takes a semi-permanent vacation to Palm Springs. Seuss’ book was the faithfulness of Horton the Elephant in doing, despite adverse circumstances, what he said he would. In Theodor Geisel’s (Dr Seuss) book, “Horton Hatches the Egg”, we find many similarities and character traits between Horton the Elephant and Jesus. As you read the title of this week’s column, “Horton Hatches the Egg – an Easter Story”, I’m sure you probably thought something like, “Huh? Has he lost his mind?” Well, to answer your question, no I haven’t lost my mind.
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