I have always found Dr. Seuss ... "I'm the Lorax who speaks for the trees which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please." The Lorax character says this to the Once-ler in the book as ...

When he learns of her wish to see a real tree, Ted seeks out the Once-ler, a ruined old businessman ... the land over the protests of the Lorax, Ted is inspired to undo the disaster.

The arboreal giant was said to have inspired the iconic Dr. Seuss story ... is a creature called the Lorax, who "speaks for the trees" and stands up to the Once-ler. "The tree was not dead ...