"Nah! I say let it die! Let it die! Let it die! Let it shrivel up, and- Come on! Who's with me, huh?!" "You got to be kidding me. You really think people are stupid enough to buy this?" "So, in other words, the more smog in the sky, The more people will buy." "I'm aware it rhymes." "What do you two knuckleheads want? I'm in the middle of a meeting! Why is he leaving town? No one ever leaves town! See what he's up to." "Hey! Ted, right?!" "So, I hear you have become interested in trees. What’s that all about?" "Oh. Teddy, there’s not much that goes on in Thneedville that I don’t know about. Here’s the deal, I make a living selling fresh air to people. Trees? They make it for free. So, when I hear people talking about them, I consider it kind of a threat to my business." "You listen to me, boy. Don’t go poking around in things you don’t understand or I’ll be your worst nightmare. I'M FRANKENSTEIN'S HEAD ON A SPIDER'S BODY!" "Of course, of course. Now, go back to your family game time. Grandma just finished her turn." "Please. I have eyes everywhere. You got a beautiful town here, Ted. Lots of fun stuff to occupy your short attention span. Why, I can’t think of any reason you would ever want to go outside of town again. Ever." "Okay! Good talk. Really good talk." "There he is! Hello, Ted." "You know what I would love right now, Mrs. Wiggins? A delicious cookie. Wonderful. Teddy and I’ll stay here and talk." "Hehehe, I know you have it, Ted. So, let’s put an end to this nonsense, shall we? Hand it over." "Really? Well, then… I guess you wouldn’t mind us checking your room." "MORTY! MCGURK! FIND THE SEED!" "FIND IT!" "THIS DOESN'T INVOLVE YOU! Get back downstairs." "Fine. Sorry. Must have been a misunderstanding. We’ll be leaving now. And my apologies, Ted. You be safe." "Exactly. The last thing you want around here is trees. They’re filthy! Spewing that sticky, nasty sap all over the place. They bring poisonous ants and stinging bees. Ouch. Think about the kids. And, I just thought, you know, they make leaves! You know that, right? Then these leaves, they just fall. They just fall wherever they want!" "(gasp!) I AM WOUNDED! YOU HAVE LIED!" "Come on. She’s making that up! That’s a made-up word, people! Thneedville is perfect just the way it is. We don’t need trees! THAT BOY HAS A SEED. WE NEED TO STOP HIM! WHO’S WITH ME? COME ON!" "LAST CHANCE, KID! HAND IT OVER! WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING?!" "Wow. Did you see that? Who does this kid think he is, huh?" "Okay. Come on, now. Everything is fine. Right? I say we tell this kid what we think about that seed! People, come on! You! Get out there right now and get these people on my side, OR ELSE YOU'RE FIRED! Hehe. Go on, tell them what you think."