The Grinch
The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.
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But,
Whatever the reason,
His heart or his shoes,
He stood there on Christmas Eve, hating the Whos,
Staring down from his cave with a sour, Grinchy frown
At the warm lighted windows below in their town.
For he knew every Who down in Who-ville beneath
Was busy now, hanging a mistltoe wreath.
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Dr. Seuss' I wish that I had duck feet
(Stanza 8)
I wish I had two deer horns.
They would be a lot of fun.
Then I could wear ten hats up there!
Big Bill can just wear one.
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Dr. Seuss' I wish that I had duck feet
(Stanza 24)
AND SO...
If I can't have a tail,
I'll have a long, long nose!
A nose just like an elephant's
the longest nose that grows.
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