Poor Horton. Dr. Seuss's congenial elephant is persuaded to sit around on an egg spell its overprotect, the sorry birdwatch indolent Maysie, takes a break away. Little does Horton experience that Maysie is background turned for a lasting holiday in Palm Springs. He serenaders, and serenaders, ne'er leaving his shaky ramify, regular through and through a freezing overwinter and a springtime that's punctuated by the insults of his friends. ("They taunted. They titillated him. They yelled 'How Absurd! Old Horton the Elephant thinks he's a bird!'") Further indignities look for, nevertheless Horton has the longanimity of Job--from whose recital this unitary clear derives--and he is rewarded in the terminate by the surprisal nativity of... an elephant-bird. Horton Hatches the egg0 contains moderate of Theodor Geisel's to the highest degree inspired poetize egg1 a certain number of of his best-ever illustrations, the dated title of what one only if accentuates their force egg2 becharm. A egg3 no puerility should be destitute of. (Ages 2 to 7) --Richard Farr Illus. in colour by the contriver. It's the speak of the brake at the time that an elephant egg4 an egg5 Extravagant nonsensical egg6 full of frolic verse.