Fill in the Blanks The Lorax - summary and connecting wordsOnline version Choose the correct words to complete the story summary by Camille Campbell 1 discover house mysterious As story begins empty fee For the story , a young person is walking through a dirty and landscape . He is directed to the of the hermit , Once - ler , to what happened . a small , he is told the of the Lorax and the Truffula Trees . 2 sell silken cloth down tops trees began weave The story when the Once - ler arrived in rich and natural land . He was enchanted with the and their special . He had the idea to chop a tree and a soft to from the tree top . 3 stump In opinion voice Suddenly buy consequences actions his , everyone would want to the soft cloth to use for many purposes . , a strange creature named the Lorax appeared from the tree . The Lorax warned him that he was the of the trees and that his would have serious . 4 Despite factory grow Consequently success family tools Additionally the warning , the Once - ler was excited by the of his business . , he invited his members to join him . , he built a and developed so that he could harvest and process the tree fiber rapidly and his business . 5 disruption changes result As food This a , the Lorax noticed many in the ecosystem and tried to warn the Once - ler . The native mammals no longer had sufficient and had to leave . began the process of a tropic cascade where the ecosystem becomes interrupted due to a in the food chain . 6 Finally fish dumped air birds Later waste , the pollution caused the to leave . , the left because of the untreated factory that was into the water . 7 repeated years action Eventually each Unfortunately flew unless destroye After cares , the Once - ler did not pay attention to the warnings from the Lorax . , the land was deforested and barren . The Lorax off . He left behind a one word warning : . many , the Once - ler understood this word ; unless person and takes the Earth will be 8 reforestation Finishing gifts healing positive ends represents seed The story on a note . his story , the Once - ler the young person a final Truffula tree . The tree seed the hope of and of the ecosystem .