Note: I didn't change anything except for where the mayor of Whoville talks and I also cut out a lot of stuff so it's not so long.
On the fifteenth of May, in the Jungle of Nool
In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool,
he was splashing...enjoying the jungle's great joys...
when Horton the Elephant heard a small noise
So Horton stopped splashing. He looked toward the sound.
"That's funny," thought Horton. "There's no one around."
Then he heard it again! Just a faint tiny yelp
as if some tiny person were calling for help.
"I'll help you!" said Horton. "But who are you? where?
He looked and he looked. He could see nothing there
but a small speck of dust blowing past in the air.
"I say!" murmured Horton. "I've never heard tell
of a small speck of dust that is able to yell.
So you know what I think? why, I think that there must
be someone on top of that small speck of dust!
So gently and using the greatest of care,
the elephant stretched his great trunk through the air,
and he lifted the dust-speck and carried it over
and placed it down, safe, on a very soft clover.
Then Horton stopped walking.
The speck-voice was talking!
The voice was so faint he could just barely hear it.
"Speak up, please," said Horton. He put his ear near it.
"Hello," came the voice. "I'm the Doctor." it said
"If you hadn't been here, we all would be dead!
I'm here to see what all this shaking's about.
But you've saved us, so I need not have come out."
"You mean," Horton gasped, "there are more of you there?
"Oh yes," he said. "this place has breathable air.
Why, I've been to most planets both big and small,
but this one, I think, is the smallest of all!
"I thought that the TARDIS would be much too large,
But I said 'Geronimo!' and down we charged!
Now I'm small as well, as are both of my friends.
Oh, what a great place! Oh, the fun never ends!"
And Horton called back to the Doctor of town
"You're safe now. Don't worry! I won't let you down!"
And they all lived happily ever after.
THE END
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