![]() He found elements of Horton in earlier Dr. However, according to later biographer Charles Cohen, this account is probably apocryphal. An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent!" Ultimately, the egg hatches, revealing an elephant-bird, a creature with a blend of Mayzie's and Horton's features.Īccording to Geisel's biographers Judith and Neil Morgan, Geisel claimed the story was born in early 1940 when he left a window open in his studio, and the wind fortuitously blew a sketch of an elephant on top of a sketch of a tree. Horton endures a number of hardships but persists, often stating, "I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. The book tells the story of Horton the Elephant, who is tricked into sitting on a bird's egg while its mother, Mayzie, takes a permanent vacation to Palm Beach. ![]() Seuss and published in 1940 by Random House. ![]() Horton Hatches the Egg is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. ![]()
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