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    <title>Horton hatches the egg</title>
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    <dateIssued>1940</dateIssued>
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    <extent>64 unnumbered pages :  color illustrations ;  28 cm .</extent>
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  <abstract>When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg--which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">By Dr. Seuss</note>
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    <topic>Elephants-Legend and stories</topic>
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