Morton: Horton! Horton!
The blue mouse walked through the jungle alongside the kangaroo and monkey.
Morton: Oh, where the heck is he. He couldn't just disappear. He's gotta still be somewhere. It's not like he's floating around in space or something.
Wickersham: This will take forever. This jungle is huge!
Kangaroo: Stop complaining! He's a huge elephant. How hard can it be?
Down in Whoville, the mayor guided Horton through the town.
Mayor: Okay, my house is right over there.
Horton: Great! I'd love to meet your family.
Mayor: Yeah, well, it gets kind of crowded in there, so if you ever feel nauseous or a bit cramped, just let me know.
Horton: Oh I think I'll be fine. I may have problems squeezing through the doors, but that's pretty much it. I love kids. Actually, I'm a school teacher back in Nool.
The two came to a big, curvy house. The mayor opened the door.
Mayor: Honey, I'm home! I also, have a friend here who would really like to meet you.
Sally: Wow. You're home early. Who's that?
Horton squeezed his head through the doorway and waved his trunk.
Horton: It's me. Horton! The guy that saved the world.
Sally: Horton?
Mayor: Yeah. You know him as the giant elephant in the sky, but somehow, he's now on the ground.
Sally: Why that's-
Just then, a little Who girl popped her head out of the doorway Sally was standing in front of.
Who girl #1: Daddy's home!
Then, a whole swarm of little Who girls flooded through the doorway towards the mayor and Horton.
Sally: Holly, don't push! Toola, watch your step!
The big group came to a stop at the sight of the elephant in their doorway. They gazed up at him.
Mayor: Kids, this is Horton. Also known as the giant elephant in the sky. Don't worry. He doesn't bite.
All: YAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!
Mayor: Brace yourself, Horton!
The girls tackled Horton and he flew through the doorway onto the ground.
Who girl #2: Are you a super hero?
Who girl #3: Did you fall from the sky?
Who girl #4: Whoa! Is that your nose!?
Horton: Well, I guess you could call me a super hero. And in a way, yes. I did fall from the sky. Yes, this is my real nose.
The little Whos were crowded around the elephant. All full of questions. The mayor smiled.
Sally: I can't believe the hero that saved our world, is here. What exactly happened?
Mayor: I'm not sure. He just showed up at my office looking for me.
Sally: Ned, you don't suppose he's going to live with us, do you? He has to go home some time.
Mayor: Yeah, yeah. I'm going to figure that all out, later.
There was a small Who that stepped in between the mayor and Sally.
Jojo: What just happened?
Mayor: Son, that elephant-shaped figure out there is the one who saved our world- Next to you of course.
Jojo: You mean Horton?
Jojo rushed out to greet the elephant.
Up top, Rudy and the other kids were still searching the mountain.
Jessica: We've, like, searched this whole mountain, Rudy and we, like, haven't found Horton at all!
Tommy: Yeah. All this searching is making me tired.
Rudy: We can't give up. What if he's being hunted down, or in some sort of perilous island!
Tommy: What if one of us got zapped by that thing-a-magig and then maybe we could find him in that place he disappeared to and help him get back to Nool.
Rudy: Good idea. So who's going?
Everyone was silent. They then put their fist together.
All: One- two- three- shoot!
Jessica: We all did the same thing.
Tommy: Again.
All: One- two- three- shoot!
Tommy: Ooh. Katie, looks like you're going.
Katie: Aaaaaahhhhh…
The yellow fuzzball floated away.
Rudy: That was weird. Let's do it again.
All: One- two- three- shoot!
Tommy: And it's a tie again.
Jessica: Great. At this rate, if Horton is, like, being dangled over a pot of hot water, he'd be, like, dead by now.
Rudy: Don't say that. In fact, I'll go.
Tommy: Are you sure? What if you get lost?
Rudy: I'm doing it for Horton. Take good care of this whatever-it-is. Whatever you do, don't tell my mom I disappeared. If she finds out, she'll totally freak out.
Tommy took the remote and aimed it at the little kangaroo and with that, Rudy was out of sight.