However, when the egg hatches, the creature that emerges is an “elephant-bird”, a cross between Horton and Mayzie, and Horton and the baby are returned happily to the jungle. She visits the circus just as the egg is due to hatch, after 51 weeks in Palm Beach, and demands that Horton return it, without offering him a reward. The traveling circus arrives near Mayzie’s new Palm Beach residence. An elephant’s faithful, one hundred percent!” Despite his hardships and Mayzie’s clear intent not to return, Horton refuses to leave the nest because he insists on keeping his word, often repeating, “I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. However, free of her commitment, she relocates to Palm Beach.Īs Horton sits in the nest on top of a tree, he is exposed to the elements, laughed at by his jungle friends, captured by hunters, forced to endure a terrible sea voyage, and finally placed in a traveling circus. Mayzie, a lazy, irresponsible bird, convinces an elephant named Horton to sit on her egg while she takes a short “break”. Seuss, and released as part of Warner Bros.’ Merrie Melodies series. Horton Hatches the Egg is a 1942 American animated short film by Leon Schlesinger Productions, based on the 1940 book by Dr.
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