<p> The Lorax Dr. Seuss (Dr. Theodore S. Geisel) Fable</p><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p>For other uses of the term or its plural, see Fable (disambiguation). </p><p>A fable is a brief, succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities), and that illustrates a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be expressed explicitly in a pithy maxim.</p><p>(A fable differs from a parable in that the latter excludes animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech and other powers of mankind.)</p><p>Characters</p><p>The Once-ler The Lorax aggressive corporate greed Truffula Trees Natural resources (and relatives) Bar-ba-loots Lithosphere Thneed Consumer items Swomee-Swans Atmosphere Humming Fish Hydrosphere</p><p>The Lorax resembles United States President Theodore Roosevelt, the first US President to make conservation a priority for his administration and who established the United States Forest Service. </p>