Those stars weren’t so big. They were really so small. You might think such a thing wouldn’t matter at all. But, because they had stars, all the Star-Belly Sneetches Would brag, “We’re the best kind of Sneetch on the beaches.

"Look here, now!" the North-Going Zax said, "I say! You are blocking my path. You are right in my way. I'm a North-Going Zax and I always go north. Get out of my way, now, and let me go forth!"

Changing their stars every minute or two. They kept paying money. They kept running through Until neither the Plain nor the Star-Bellies knew Whether this one was that one…or that one was this one Or which one was what one …or what one was who.

"Look, Lorax," I said."There's no cause for alarm. I chopped just one tree. I am doing no harm. I'm being quite useful. This thing is a Thneed. A Thneed's a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need!

Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky! Some people are much more oh, ever so much more . . oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!

The, out of the water! Sing loud while you dry! Sing loud, “I am lucky!” Sing loud, “I am I!”

Up at Lake Winna-Bango… the far northern shore… Lives a huge herd of moose, about sixty or more, And they all go around in a big happy bunch Looking for nice tender moose-moss to munch.

And you're so, so lucky you're not Gucky Gown, who lives by himself ninety miles out of town, in the Ruins of Ronk. Ronk is rather run-down.

Then he grunts, "I will call you by Whisper-ma-Phone, for the secrets I tell you are for your ears alone."

Gooey goo for chewy chewing! That's what that Goo-Goose is doing. Do you choose to chew goo, too, sir? If, sir, you, sir, choose to chew, sir, with the Goo-Goose, chew, sir. Do, sir.

And how fortunate you're not Professor de Breeze who has spent the past thirty-two years, if you please, trying to teach Irish ducks how to read Jivvanese.

You do not like green eggs and ham?

Then he slithered and slunk, with a smile most unpleasant, Around the whole room, and he took every present!

So I got out. I got out fast As fast as I could go, sir. I wasn’t scared. But pants like that I did not care for. No, sir.

FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER That one is my other brother.

And I first saw the trees! The Truffula Trees! The bright-colored tufts of the Truffula Trees! Mile after mile in the fresh morning breeze.

“Z is too small to see. So don’t try. You can not But Z is the cat Is the cat who will clean up that spot!”

They bumped me with bikes And they banged me with dishes. I ran into ladders, Beds, bottles, and fishes. I skidded on garbage. I fell in a horn. Then I wished I had never been born!

And the Chief Yookeroo has been looking for you!” I raced to his office. The place was a sight. “Have no fears,” said the Chief. “Everything is all right.

Well… An hour or so later The bug heard a squeak, And he heard the small voice of a Tree Spider speak.

And the glorious general led the advance With a glorious swish of his sword and his lance And a glorious clank of his tin-plated pants.

I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads. I biggered my wagons. I biggered the loads of the Thneeds I shipped out. I was shipping them forth to the South! To the East! To the West! To the North!

For he knew every Who down in Whoville beneath, Was busy now, hanging a mistletoe wreath. "And they're hanging their stockings!" he snarled with a sneer, "Tomorrow is Christmas! It's practically here!"

I'm off to the City of Solla Sollew On the banks of the beautiful River Wah-Hoo, Where they never have troubles! At least, very few.

I do not like green eggs and ham!

And I said to myself, "Now I really don't see Why troubles like this have to happen to me!"

I might catch an ecl… (Well, I might. It depends.) „А long twisting eel With a lot of strange bends And, oddly enough, With a head on both ends! One doesn’t catch this kind of fish as a rule, But the chances are fine in McElligot's Pool!

You can go on stilts. You can go by fish. You can go in a Crunk-Car if you wish.

“I think you’re a fool!” laughed the sour kangaroo And the young kangaroo in her pouch said, “Me, too! You’re the biggest blame fool in the Jungle of Nool!” And the kangaroos plunged in the cool of the pool.

Then those Things ran about With big bumps, jumps and kicks And with hops and big thumps And all kinds of bad tricks. And I said, "I do NOT like the way that they play If Mother could see this, Oh, what would she say!"

And you know where my little cats are?” Said the cat. “That Voom blew my little cats Back in my hat.

I picked out the eggs in a most careful way. I only picked those that I knew were Grade-A. I only took eggs from the very best fowls. So I didn’t take eggs from the Twiddler Owls

Then the Whos, young and old, would sit down to a feast. And they'd feast! And they'd feast! And they'd FEAST! FEAST! FEAST! FEAST! They would feast on Who-pudding, and rare Who-roast beast. Which was something the Grinch couldn't stand in the least!

The bear, for a moment, just sulked as he sat, For he knew that his ears couldn't hear things like that. "This rabbit," he thought, "made a fool out of me. Now I've got to prove that I'm better than he."

It might keep on flowing… perhaps… who can tell?… Right under the people in Snecden's Hotel! Right under the grass where they're playing croquet! Then under the mountains and far, far away!

“We’re off!” the men shouted. And off they all went With Horton unhappy, one hundred per cent.

The instant I'd finished, I heard a ga-Zump! I looked. I saw something pop out of the stump of the tree I'd chopped down. It was sort of a man. Describe him?… That's hard. I don't know if I can.

I got to the top. But it wasn't a friend! And I saw that my troubles were not at an end. A big man on a horse scared me out of my wits. He bellowed, "I'm General Genghis Khan Schmitz.

Do you walk in your sleep? I just had a report Of some interesting news of this popular sport.

On a mountain, halfway between Reno and Rome, We have a machine in a plexiglass dome Which listens and looks into everyone's home. And whenever it sees a new sleeper go flop, It jiggles and lets a new Biggel-Ball drop.

It's hard to believe, but this bird called the Pelf Lays eggs that are three times as big as herself! How that Pelf ever learned such a difficult trick I never found out. But I found that egg quick.

“Be fair!” Thidwick begged, with a lump in his throat…. “We’re fair,” said the bug. “We’ll decide this by vote.

Pup up. Brown down. Pup is down. Where is Brown? WHERE IS BROWN? THERE IS BROWN! Mr. Brown is out of town.

And while I was lugging them back to the house I happened to notice a Tizzle-Topped Grouse In a tree down the street. And I knew from her looks That her egg and the egg of the Sala-ma-goox Ought to mix mighty well; ought to taste simply super When scrambled together by Peter T. Hooper.

“My friend,” came the voice, “you’re a very fine friend. You’ve helped all us folks on this dust speck no end. You’ve saved all our houses, our ceilings and floors. You’ve saved all our churches and grocery stores.”

The bug called out, “Hey! It’s such a long road and it’s such a hot day, Would you mind if I rode on your horns for a way?”

Then again he came back! I was fixing some pipes when that old-nuisance Lorax came back with more gripes.

We’ll have no more nonsense. We’ll take no more gupp From you Yooks who eat bread with the butter side up!”

And, spying the flags and the tents just below, She sang out, “What fun! Why, I’ll go to the show!” And she swooped from the clouds Through an open tent door… “Good gracious!” gasped Mayzie, “I’ve seen you before!”

And begged, “Please don’t harm all my little folks, Who have as much right to live as us bigger folks do!” But far, far beyond him, that eagle kept flapping And over his shoulder called back, “Quit your yapping.