Dr. Seuss strikes back

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I just got this in my email and thought some of you might enjoy it. ---------------------------------------

Every U down in Uville liked U.S. a lot, But the Binch, who lived Far East of Uville, did not.

The Binch hated U.S! the whole U.S. way! Now don't ask me why, for nobody can say, It could be his turban was screwed on too tight. Or the sun from the desert had beaten too bright But I think that the most likely reason of all May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.

But, Whatever the reason, his heart or his turban, He stood facing Uville, the part that was urban. "They're doing their business," he snarled from his perch. "They're raising their families! They're going to church! They're leading the world, and their empire is thriving, I MUST keep the S's and U's from surviving!"

Tomorrow, he knew, all the U's and the S's, Would put on their pants and their shirts and their dresses, They'd go to their offices, playgrounds and schools, And abide by their U and S values and rules, And then they'd do something he liked least of all, Every U down in U-ville, the tall and the small, Would stand all united, each U and each S, And they'd sing Uville's anthem, "God bless us! God bless!" All around their Twin Towers of Uville, they'd stand, and their voices would drown every sound in the land. "I must stop that singing," Binch said with a smirk, And he had an idea--an idea that might work!

The Binch stole some U airplanes in U morning hours, And crashed them right into the Uville Twin Towers. "They'll wake to disaster!" he snickered, so sour, "And how can they sing when they can't find a tower?" The Binch cocked his ear as they woke from their sleeping, All set to enjoy their U-wailing and weeping, Instead he heard something that started quite low, And it built up quite slow, but it started to grow--

And the Binch heard the most unpredictable thing... And he couldn't believe it--they started to sing! He stared down at U-ville, not trusting his eyes, What he saw was a shocking, disgusting surprise! Every U down in U-ville, the tall and the small, Was singing! Without any towers at all! He HADN'T stopped U-Ville from singing! It sung! For down deep in the hearts of the old and the young, Those Twin Towers were standing, called Hope and called Pride, And you can't smash the towers we hold deep inside.

So we circle the sites where our heroes did fall, With a hand in each hand of the tall and the small, And we mourn for our losses while knowing we'll cope, For we still have inside that U-Pride and U-Hope. For America means a bit more than tall towers, It means more than wealth or political powers, It's more than our enemies ever could guess, So may God bless America! Bless us! God bless

-- Gary in Indiana (gk6854@aol.com), September 19, 2001

Answers

I did enjoy that, Gary, thank you!

-- Kathleen Sanderson (stonycft@worldpath.net), September 19, 2001.

Thanks Gary; it's interesting that a couple of days ago I began thinking of this tragedy in terms of the Grinch story. I had that same feeling about Americans still standing together despite all our losses last week. I just kept thinking "we still have we". I am grateful to you for putting this into such wonderful words.

-- (steph@windhamhill.com), September 19, 2001.

dr. suess would have enjoyed it he wrote propaganda for WW2

-- george darby (windwillow@fuse.net), September 19, 2001.

Thank you.

-- Christine in OK (cljford@aol.com), September 19, 2001.

Thank you so much for this post! I hope it's ok, I sent it to my 2 daughters, one is in Texas (Ft Hood) and another is in Brazil. They just left home this summer, the oldest got married (hubby in the Army) and the younger (16) is an exchange student, and will be back the end of December. That was hard enough for me, having them both leave, but now all THIS nonsense. I read that story to them over and over when they were little, we have the video and they even bought me Grinch slippers one Christmas, so this story has special meaning to us. I've been trying so hard not to worry about them. Not working... But I have great faith and know that "all is well and all manner of things will be well" (Julianne of Norwich). I pop in here often, never have much to say, but you all are the best. I feel that I know you all even though we've never met. At least on the physical level!

Best wishes and peace to all!

Amy

-- Amy (KimiCo@aol.com), September 19, 2001.



thanks! I'm taking a copy of this to the newspaper office and leaving it tomorrow!

-- Suzy in Bama (slgt@yahoo.com), September 19, 2001.

Gary, what a great tale. Dr. Suess would be very proud indeed. I hope you don't mind, but I am going to copy this to send to some of my email buddys. Thanks :-D

-- Kim in Indiana (kwcountrygirl@aol.com), September 19, 2001.

Very good one Gary, that fits us right down to the bone. The Binch is going to realize that he bit off more than he can chew.

-- r.h. in okla. (rhays@sstelco.com), September 20, 2001.

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