Thanks, Dr. Seuss!

[miles]

Last night I found an old Dr. Seuss book my kids loved when they were small. This story always guaranteed those great four-year-old belly laughs.



Too Many Daves

Did I ever tell you that Mrs. McCave
Had twenty-three sons and she named them all Dave?
Well, she did.
And that wasn't a smart thing to do.
You see, when she wants one and calls out, '"Yoo-Hoo!
Come into the house, Dave!" she doesn't get one.
All twenty-three Daves of hers come on the run!

This makes things quite difficult at the McCaves'
As you can imagine, with so many Daves.
And often she wishes that, when they were born,
She had named one of them Bodkin Van Horn
And one of them Hoos-Foos. And of one of them Snimm.
And one of them Hot-Shot. And one Sunny Jim.
And one of them Shadrack. And one of them Blinkey.
And one of them Stuffy. And one of them Stinkey.
Another one Putt-Putt. Another one Moon Face.
Another one Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face.
And one of them Ziggy. And one Soggy Muff.
One Buffalo Bill. And one Biffalo Buff.
And one of them Sneepy. And one Weepy Weed.
And one Paris Garters. And one Harris Tweed.
And one of them Sir Michael Carmichael Zutt
And one of them Oliver Boliver Butt
And one of them Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate...
But she didn't do it. And now it's too late.

 

[MissTaken]

I love Dr. Seuss!

I learned to read with him and now am teaching my kids the same!

 

[ranajja]

There's a wocket in my pocket!

Dr. Seuss is tooo cool.

I posted "The Binch" below several weeks ago to the gen board, but I liked it so well, I thought I'd share again with Seuss-fans everywhere. A friend sent it to me, not long after 9/11...



The Binch (Author Unknown)

Every U down in Uville liked U.S. a lot,
But the Binch, who lived Far East of Uville, did not.
The Binch hated U.S! the whole U.S. way!
Now don't ask me why, for nobody can say,
It could be his turban was screwed on too tight
Or the sun from the desert had beaten too bright
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.

But, Whatever the reason, his heart or his turban,
He stood facing Uville, the part that was urban.
"They're doing their business," he snarled from his perch.
"They're raising their families! They're going to church!
They're leading the world, and their empire is thriving,
I MUST keep the S's and U's from surviving!"

Tomorrow, he knew, all the U's and the S's,
Would put on their pants and their shirts and their dresses,
They'd go to their offices, playgrounds and schools,
And abide by their U and S values and rules,

And then they'd do something he liked least of all,
Every U down in U-ville, the tall and the small,
Would stand all united, each U and each S,
And they'd sing Uville's anthem, "God bless us! God bless!"
All around their Twin Towers of Uville, they'd stand,
And their voices would drown every sound in the land.

"I must stop that singing," Binch said with a smirk,
And he had an idea--an idea that might work!
The Binch stole some U airplanes in U morning hours,
And crashed them right into the U-ville Twin Towers.
"They'll wake to disaster!" he snickered, so sour,
"And how can they sing when they can't find a tower?"

The Binch cocked his ear as they woke from their sleeping,
All set to enjoy their U-wailing and weeping,
Instead he heard something that started quite low,
And it built up quite slow, but it started to grow—
And the Binch heard the most unpredictable thing...
And he couldn't believe it--they started to sing!

He stared down at U-ville, not trusting his eyes,
What he saw was a shocking, disgusting surprise!
Every U down in U-ville, the tall and the small,
Was singing! Without any towers at all!
He HADN'T stopped U-Ville from singing! It sung!
For down deep in the hearts of the old and the young,
Those Twin Towers were standing, called Hope and called Pride,
And you can't smash the towers we hold deep inside.

So we circle the sites where our heroes did fall,
With a hand in each hand of the tall and the small,
And we mourn for our losses while knowing we'll cope,
For we still have inside that U-Pride and U-Hope.

For America means a bit more than tall towers,
It means more than wealth or political powers,
It's more than our enemies ever could guess,
So may God bless America! Bless us! God bless!

 

[Cheyenne]

Did anyone have the Dr. Seuss Dictionary book? It was one of my favorites in learning to read as a kid.

 

[lilminx]

Did anyone have the Dr. Seuss Dictionary book? It was one of my favorites in learning to read as a kid.

I have it in my classroom- it's my old worn-out copy from when I was little

 

[xlc67]

I agree...Dr.Seuss was one of the great ones...His powerful and gentle philosophy go with me everywhere I go.

Hey ranajja, that was really good!

 

[sigh]

Did anyone have the Dr. Seuss Dictionary book? It was one of my favorites in learning to read as a kid.

i thought i'd read/owned them all...i'll have to go shopping for this one

puzzled....how could i have missed it?

(mumbling to myself as i go through my collection on the bookshelf)

 

[Cheyenne]

i thought i'd read/owned them all...i'll have to go shopping for this one

http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts...688/qid=1002629987/sr=1-1/104-3745137-4786347

Amazon auction for $19.95

 

[ranajja]

Thanks, xlc67!

Hey ranajja, that was really good!

I loved it when I read it. Gave me the same "warm fuzzy" feeling as Seuss' original "Grinch"--only more, y'know--

I'd love to use it as my little signature line, but 'tis a wee bit too long.


And Cheyenne, thanks for the link.