A group of small white wooden figures with one teal figure standing apart on a round platform against a dark background.

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Once-ler

Why are you so interested in trees, anyway? Why aren’t you like other kids? Breakdancing and wearing bellbottoms and playing the Donkey Kongs?

— The Lorax ‧ 2012

Behind the line

What it means

Our 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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