Goofs, Errors, Corrections, and Differences In the Seussical adaption, the circus Horton is taken to is Circus McGurkus, of the 1956 If I Ran the Circus.

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, rewarding Horton for his persistence, while Mayzie is punished for her laziness by ending up with nothing. The traveling circus ends up visiting near Mayzie's new Palm Beach residence she visits the circus just as the egg is due to hatch and demands that Horton return it, without offering him a reward. An elephant's faithful, one hundred per cent!' However, 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. Naturally, the absurd sight of an elephant sitting atop a tree makes quite a scene – Horton 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. The book centers on Horton, a genial elephant, who is convinced by Mayzie, a lazy, irresponsible bird, to sit on her egg while she takes a short 'break', which turns into her permanent relocation to Palm Beach.

This book was also used in the Random House Home Video Series, also featuring ' If I Ran the Circus'. 6 Goofs, Errors, Corrections, and Differencesīut he sat on the egg and continued to say.

Horton hatches the egg by dr seuss