Swimmerchick58

(First off I wanted to tell you all thank you for all the positive feedback I have received in response to this story. It really means the world to me guys. As such, I figured I would prolong the ending of this story just a little longer. So expect at least one more chapter. Enjoy.) Many seasons had passed since the fall of the final Truffula tree and the Once-ler, now gray with age, had locked himself away from the world ever since that fateful day. Regret his only mistress, he sat idly by watching the world progress; a result of his selfish desires. Time had been an excellent teacher for the lessons he had needed to take to heart, but coul

It all started the day she saved him from that incident in the river. He remembered that day with such vibrant clarity, both due to the nature of his near death experience and the prospect a new-found friendship that had emerged out of that faithful day. For you see, the Lorax's plan to safely sail the Once-ler out of the valley, had well... gone kind of awry. Instead of using his bed to sail him down the river and out of the valley, the Once-ler found himself bobbing  amongst the white waters of the river. Struggling to keep his head above the water the Once-ler saw a shadowy enter the water and make its way towards him, as the dar