1. The Once-ler's business making and selling Thneeds is very successful. Is the Once-ler's success a good thing? Why or why not? What might make it good? What might make it bad?
2. Now that the Once-ler is cutting down lots of trees, is this harmful? Why is cutting down one tree ok, but cutting down many trees harmful?
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What happens to the Brown Bar-ba-loots? Why does this happen? Did cutung down the trees harm the Bar-ba-loots?
4. Why does the Once-ler keep expanding his business after the Brown Bar ba-loots leave? Why does the Once-ler think that everyone needs Thneeds? Is he right?
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Why do the Swomee-Swans leave? How about the Humming Fish? What happened to their habitats? Why doesn't the Once-ler care about what is happening around him?
6. How are the problems for the Bar-ba-loots, Swomee-Swans, and Humming Fish all related to the Once-ler cutting down Truffula Trees? Can the same thing happen in real life?
7. Why do you think the Once-ler keeps expanding more and more anyway? Is what the Once-ler" doing morally wrong? Why? Is it morally wrong when these same things happen in real life?