Horton Hears The Who?

[Jeff House <jjthandmeh@juno.com>]

I was reading this Seuss classic last night and I could not help but think
that it would have been real cool if The Who had chosen their name because
of this book.

A quick synopsis:  Horton is a sensitive elephant who has great hearing.  He
hears a small sound coming from a speck of dust.  He gets into a
conversation with a Who (inhabitant of Who-ville) on this dust speck and
annoys the other jungle creatures with his strange behavior.

The other creatures threaten to take action against the dust speck to shut
Horton up.  Horton implores the other Whos to make loud noises (with various
instruments) so the other jungle creatures will believe him that there are
tiny creatures on the dust speck.

Happy ending, of course.  The Whos make a tremendous noise in unison that
gains the attention of all the jungle creatures and saves their world
(Who-ville).

I looks like the makings of a rock opera to me :-)

Jeff