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The Blue Flower

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1. From Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss

Reply to LogDog75 (Original post)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 02:46 PM

Friday

I read this in second grade and it has stayed with me until now, over 70 years later.

"A person's a person, no matter how small." To me it meant that everyone, no matter how insignificant, is deserving of respect. I think it hit me because there was so little respect in my home for anyone who wasn't my dad.

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