Horton looked around at the colorful town. There were Whos on unicycles and walking around with other strange devices. Out of all the curvy buildings one stood out to him the most. It looked like the biggest one and had a huge "W"on it. He smiled.
Horton: That must be the mayor!
Meanwhile, the students were following Rudy to find someone. They found the sour kangaroo.
Rudy: Mom! Mom! Mom!
Kangaroo: *gasps* Rudy! I knew you would change your mind about going to regular school! Hop inside the pouch so class can begin.
Rudy: No, it's not that.
Kangaroo frowned.
Kangaroo: Okay, Rudy. What is it?
Rudy: I used the remote to kill a bunch of weeds-
Tommy: That were on the mountain and he was killing a lot and he accidentally-
Jessica: Like, zapped Horton on the, like, bottom and he disappeared!
Katie: Aaaaahhhhh…
Kangaroo: That's awful! We'll just have to investigate this situation, tomorrow.
Rudy: Tomorrow!? We have to do something now!
Kangaroo: Well, I'm still kind of miffed after he took you away so he could teach you. Hmmm… Ahhhh…
Kangaroo cocked her head to the side in thought.
Kangaroo: Well, I think it can wait until tomorrow.
Rudy: I have an idea! It's simple, we just round up a search party. You're good at hosting meetings. We'll all split up and search the whole jungle.
Kangaroo: Oh, Rudy that's ridiculous, but how about we just round up a search party. I'm very good at hosting meetings, so I'll have everyone split and the search the whole jungle. How's that?
Rudy: Uhhh… Yeah. Sure, whatever. Just do it quickly! We'll go search together back on Mount Nool.
Meanwhile, back in Whoville, Horton struggled to squeeze through the doorway. He grunted.
Horton: Errrr! I need to start working out a little more. Which is funny because I swim every day.
Horton was finally able to squeeze through the doorway.
Miss Yelp didn't even look up to see Horton.
Miss Yelp: May I help you?
Horton: Um… yes. Is there any way that I can speak to the mayor.
Miss Yelp: I'm sorry. He's working.
Horton: Oh. Well, then just tell him, his buddy Horton stopped in to say, "Hi" and I'll talk to him later.
Horton headed towards the door and tried to squeeze through. He of course, got stuck again.
Miss Yelp: Do you need help, Mr. Horton?
Miss Yelp paused.
Miss Yelp: Wait. You said your name's Horton? The Horton.
Horton: The one and only.
Miss Yelp looked up to see the elephant's rump stuck in the door. She sprang up and pulled on his tail.
Miss Yelp: Why of course you can see the mayor!
Horton: Really? Oh sure, now you tell me.
Up stairs, Mayor McDodd, felt a few vibrations and went down to see what the commotion was all about. He was delightfully surprised to see his assistant yanking on an elephant's tail in the doorway.
Mayor: Horton? Is that you? No. That's impossible. It can't be you.
Horton: In the flesh! How many other talking elephants do you see stuck in your door?