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"When Horton hears a voice coming from a speck of dust, he's sure there's a person living on the speck. The other animals in the Jungle of Nool don't believe him. And to prove it, they try to destroy the dust speck. But Horton is determined to save his new friends because he believes that a person's a person, no matter how small"--Page 4 of cover.

Horton shows kindness and friendship.

A city of Whos on a speck of dust are threatened with destruction until the smallest Who of all helps convince Horton's friends that Whos really exist.