I imagine that Horton’s happiness does not stay at 100% for very long. I imagine that Horton, the dedicated father he has become, stays up late at night worrying about his child’s future. I often imagine that the elephant bird goes back home with Horton and is teased because he is different or that even if not teased by others, he himself feels isolated and alone. Even the happiness from a great victory can be short lived. After Horton hatches this amazing creature, the reader is told “ and it should be, it should, it should be like that! Because Horton was faithful! He sat and he sat! He meant what he said…And he said what he meant…And they sent him home happy, One hundred per cent!” We all want to believe that our hard work will be rewarded That all the blood, sweat, and tears that we pour into our careers, our relationships, and our children will pay off and that we will be one hundred percent happy.Īnd perhaps it should be like that.
It is a book about the transformative power of love as well as loyalty and responsibility. The egg, abandoned by its mother, eventually hatches into an “elephant bird” (read the book- I am not doing it justice!). It is the story of Horton the Elephant who sits faithfully on a bird’s nest in a tree for fifty-one weeks after he promises the mother that he will babysit the egg. One of my favorite books is Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr.
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