Saturday, September 4, 2010

Dr. Seuss writes tongue twisters!

So last night we read Lilly Dr. Seuss' "If I Ran the Circus". What a book full on tongue twisters! She pretty much fell asleep about 1/4 of the way through the book, but Mark and I were enjoying it so we kept reading. I know I talk fast, but try reading a Dr. Seuss book, man, I had forgotten about his crazy rhymes and rhythm. He writes goofy material. Check out some of the text and then speak it aloud!

"And while THAT goes on THERE, look at THIS go on HERE!
Have you heard of my herd of "Through-Horns-Jumpping-Deer"...?
Every deer jumps through horns of another pell-mell
While his horns are jumped through at the same time as well
By a deer whose horns ALSO are being jumped through
By another who's having HIS horns jumped through, too
Which I'm sure Trainer Sneelock can train them to do."

or

"The Show of All Shows!
There's no other Showman
Who shows you a show with a Blindfolded Bowman!
The Blindfolded Bowman from Birgger-ba-Root,
The world's sharpest sharpshooter. Look at him shoot!
Through the holes in four doughnuts!
Two hairs on a worms!
And the knees of three birds
Without making them squirm!
And, then, on through a crab apple up on the head
Of Sneelock, who likes to help out, as I've said."

What's your favorite Dr. Seuss book? Or passage?


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