So every child who has ever learnt to read MUST MUST MUST know about Dr Seuss and his nonsense. Whether it be dozens of ways to get Marvin K. Mooney to bed or an oversized feline with a hat on, everyone knows of his work."I like nonsense - it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is necessay ingrediant in living. It's a way of looking at the wrong end of a telescope . . . and that enables you to laugh at all of life's realities."
The first book I ever read by myself was a 4 in 1 story book with the basic reading in the beginning like "Hop on Pop" and stuff like that. As the pages turned the reading got more and more complex till the words were as long as 'Hallelulah' and "Timbuktu" and going in circles in really small fonts for a first grader.
My favourite story was Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!
At first his dad is saying he'll buy her a flying brromstick or a cow or stilts and even an oversized fish to send hiim to bed! He goes on saying he'll send her by Zumble-Zay (an elephant driven cart), a Ga-Zoom or a jet.
And the poor guy only wants his son to go to sleep! The things Dad comes up with are mysetriously wonderful and atlast Marvin feels tired enough to go and choses her transport, unfortunately for Mr Mooney, she chose the simplest option and went by broomstick.
I recently skyped a friend of mine while I found my precious book and halfway through our conversation started reading from the old pages. He unfortunately didn't enjoy it as much as I had and judgingly asked if i had the book as if it was a sin to a social life.
Needless to say we don't speak anymore.
I'm joking, he's just in 'busy' college life now.
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