By far the biggest mystery are the Moai statues which are 20 to about 69 feet tall and weigh at least 20 tons, obviously a foot for pre-modern man to produce them . These statues were made as a way to show the dominance of the multiple tribes found on the island. Tribes competed by trying to make their Moai statue better and taller than that of subsequent tribes. The mysteries of the Moai statue and island history that make Easter Island famous are not as enigmatic as the fame brought to the popular novel and film The Lorax. The film tells the story of a boy who meets the Onceler who knew of a time when truffula trees existed. The Once-ler tells his story of how he cut down all the truffle trees in the forest to create Thneed, a new trendy product, which made the Once-ler rich, but the Lorax warned him to stop cutting down the truffle trees but he didn't listen . When all the truffle trees were cut down, all the animals left the forest and the Onceler became poor and regretted not listening to the Lorax. Finally the Onceler gives the seed of the last tree to the boy and the boy plants