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Why are you so interested in trees, anyway? Why aren’t you like other kids? Breakdancing and wearing bellbottoms and playing the Donkey Kongs?
— Once-ler ‧ The Lorax
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker, puzzled, quizzes a young person about a fascination with trees, contrasting it with what they see as normal kid interests: breakdancing, flared trousers, arcade games. The tone is bemused and slightly dismissive, treating an unusual passion as a departure from the crowd.
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