Dr. Seuss on the Loose

Young Sneetch:
Twink twink twinkle twinkle stupid little star.

Young Sneetch:
Twink twink twinkle twinkle stupid little star!

Narrator:
But, because they had stars, all the Star-Belly Sneetches would brag...

Narrator:
With their snoots in the air, they would sniff and they'd snort...

Sylvester McMonkey McBean:
I've heard of your troubles. I've heard you're unhappy. But I can fix that. I'm the Fix-It-Up Chappie. I've come here to help you. I have what you need. And my prices are low. And I work with great speed. And my work is one hundred per cent guaranteed!

Narrator:
All the rest of that day, on those wild screaming beaches, the Fix-It-Up Chappie kept fixing up Sneetches. Off again! On again! In again! Out again! Through the machines they raced round and about again, changing their stars every minute or two. They kept paying money. They kept running through until 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.

Narrator:
Then, when every last cent of their money was spent, the Fix-It-Up Chappie packed up. And he went. And he laughed as he drove in his car up the beach...

Sylvester McMonkey McBean:
They never will learn. No. You can't teach a Sneetch!

Narrator:
But McBean was quite wrong. I'm quite happy to say that the Sneetches got really quite smart on that day. The day they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches, and no kind of Sneetch is the best on the beaches. That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars and whether they had one, or not, upon thars.

Joey:
That Sam-I-Am! That Sam-I-Am! I do not like that Sam-I-Am!

Joey:
I do not like green eggs and ham! I do not like them, Sam-I-Am!

Sam-I-Am:
Would you like them here or there?

Joey:
I do not like them here or there! I would not like them anywhere! I do not like green eggs and ham! I do not like them, Sam-I-Am!

Sam-I-Am:
You may not like them, so you say. Try them. Try them once today.

Joey:
Sam, if you would let me be, I will try them, and you will see.