the lorax said, sir, you are crazy with greed. there is no one on earth who would buy that fool snead. but the very next minute i proved he was wrong, for just at that minute a chap came along. and he thought that the snead i had knitted was great. he happily bought it for 3 .98. i laughed at the lorax be, you poor stupid guy. you never can tell what some people will buy. stop there, give people -- [inaudible] [applause] you're welcome. >> a children's book -- [inaudible] it was banned. >> yeah. why was it banned again? the original concern. >> i think -- [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> environmentalists. let's look it up. [laughter] >> banned prior to the u.s. for being -- [inaudible] political commentary. >> ah. >> go figure. thank you for that. [applause] our town crier. >> thank you. thank you. >> and now -- [inaudible] historical works about -- [inaudible] >> thank you so much. i hope i am banned at some point. i think it would be be really good for sales, so maybe you can ban me. how about that? my name is michael p

so today, i'm going to read bits from the lorax. i was surprised to see that it was on the banned list. because i also read it to my children. i brought my son and my daughter. the other thing, the other thing is that dr. seuss, of course, rights in rhyming scheme which for my prize i do also. not that i'm emulating dr. seuss, more from the pressures of michael when he wrote about -- when i first started and he said, this cryer writes in rhyming scheme. i thought great, now i have to do it for the rest of my career. [laughter] thank you, yes. how much are people reading? >> five to 10 minutes. you are going to be second to last. >> okay. spent i thought in honor -- it would be nice to have something like now. >> sure. at the far end of town with a group of grass grows and no birds ever sing expecting old crows is a street of the listed lorax. and deep in the grass some people say, if you look deep enough, you can still see today where the lorax once stood just as long as he could before somebody lifted the lorax away. what was the l