well simply right now, im feeling like a sneetch, and not the star belly sort....
[singing] Sneetch Choir: Twink twink twinkle twinkle lovely little star... Young Sneetch: Twink twink twinkle twinkle stupid little star. [singing] Sneetch Choir: If you've got one on your tummy, then it's yummy like a bunny / If you don't, then you're a scrawny, funny, crummy, bummy dummy / That's what you learn from your daddy and your mommy / Twink twink twinkle twinkle lovely little star... Young Sneetch: Twink twink twinkle twinkle stupid little star!
Narrator: But, because they had stars, all the Star-Belly Sneetches would brag... Sneetch: We're the best kind of Sneetch on the beaches. Narrator: With their snoots in the air, they would sniff and they'd snort... Sneetch: We'll have nothing to do with the Plain-Belly sort!
Narrator: But, because they had stars, all the Star-Belly Sneetches would brag... Sneetch: We're the best kind of Sneetch on the beaches. Narrator: With their snoots in the air, they would sniff and they'd snort... Sneetch: We'll have nothing to do with the Plain-Belly sort!
Here is a bit of background about the story if you havent seen it...
Some Sneetches have a green star on their bellies, and in the beginning of the story the presence or absence of a star is the basis for discrimination. Sneetches who have stars on their bellies are part of the "in crowd", while Sneetches without stars are shunned and excluded.
In the story, a "fix-it-up" chap named Mr. Sylvester McMonkey McBean appears, driving a cart of strange machines. He offers the Sneetches without stars a chance to have them by going through his Star-On machine, for three dollars. The old star-bellied Sneetches are furious until McBean tells them about his Star-Off machine, costing ten dollars. This escalates, with the Sneetches running from one machine to the next,
"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."
This continues until the Sneetches have no more money and McBean leaves them. At the end of the story the Sneetches learn that neither plain-belly nor star-belly Sneetches are superior, and they are able to get along and become friends.
The story is an obvious allegory for racism and discrimination, and teaches the lesson that all people are the same on the inside, despite outward differences. It can also be viewed as a satire on fashion following and keeping up with the Joneses.
"The Sneetches" is written in anapestic tetrameter, and – as is typical for Seuss books – follows the rhyme scheme and meter very strictly.
In the story, a "fix-it-up" chap named Mr. Sylvester McMonkey McBean appears, driving a cart of strange machines. He offers the Sneetches without stars a chance to have them by going through his Star-On machine, for three dollars. The old star-bellied Sneetches are furious until McBean tells them about his Star-Off machine, costing ten dollars. This escalates, with the Sneetches running from one machine to the next,
"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."
This continues until the Sneetches have no more money and McBean leaves them. At the end of the story the Sneetches learn that neither plain-belly nor star-belly Sneetches are superior, and they are able to get along and become friends.
The story is an obvious allegory for racism and discrimination, and teaches the lesson that all people are the same on the inside, despite outward differences. It can also be viewed as a satire on fashion following and keeping up with the Joneses.
"The Sneetches" is written in anapestic tetrameter, and – as is typical for Seuss books – follows the rhyme scheme and meter very strictly.
18 comments:
we accept sneetches at the CHEZ blog, heck, we have the creature from the black lagoon and a guy named pooper LOL! where else are you going to get that kind of diversity?
doc
Hey everyone wants you to come back to the Chez blog(especially Greg, and it is his blog). No one blames you or has any hard feelings. Shit happens. Cum on back, please.
Hope you know that you have made some friends over at the CHEZ blog even if we are a bunch of lunatics. Just cause we're new friends doesn't mean that we'll give up on ya...
Boo Yah!
P.S. I swim like a rock and think golf just makes a nice walk turn ugly...
;-)
@ chez friends
i have changed my name temporarily to trippin balls, cuz thats what im doing...
thank you all for your support, its very flattering, but i hope u understand why i cant go back right now.
@ blair
take a picture like that only with your chaps on lol. And try not to get pulled over again. :)
Hey Come back to us... My blog is not the same without you! We need you!
we miss yer pink boots!
you come back anytime...
@ cher
beer goggles wouldn't do that (chaps), it would reveal his spare pair of socks LOL!
@ cherotica RE:
"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..."
We don't care if you are a star belly or a plain belly ...
as long as you come back to the CHEZ blog
@doc-j
extra pair o' socks keeps me nuts warm in the dead o' winter!
this'll make yer nuts fall off from laughing!
I have to share this, it's long but holy crap is it ever funny:
Children writing about the sea, they say the darndest things..........
1. This is a picture of an octopus. It has eight testicles. (Kelly age 6)
2. Oysters' balls are called pearls. (James age 6)
3. If you are surrounded by sea you are an Island. If you don't have sea all around you, you are incontinent. (Wayne age 7)
4. Sharks are ugly and mean, and have big teeth, just like Emily Richardson. She's not my friend no more. (Kylie age 6)
5. A dolphin breaths through an asshole on the top of its head. (Billy age 8)
6. My uncle goes out in his boat with pots, and comes back with crabs. (Millie age 6)
7. When ships had sails, they used to use the trade winds to cross the ocean. Sometimes, when the wind didn't blow, the sailors would whistle to make the wind come. My brother said they would have been better off eating beans. (William age 7)
8. I like mermaids. They are beautiful, and I like their shiny tails. And how on earth do mermaids get pregnant? Like, really? (Helen age 6)
9. I'm not going to write about the sea. My baby brother is always screaming and being sick, my Dad keeps shouting at my Mom, and my big sister has just got pregnant, so I can't think what to write. (Amy age 6)
10. Some fish are dangerous. Jellyfish can sting. Electric eels can give you a shock. They have to live in caves under the sea where I think they have to plug themselves into chargers. (Christopher age 7)
11. When you go swimming in the sea, it is very cold, and it makes my willy small. (Kevin age 6)
12. Divers have to be safe when they go under the water. Two divers can't go down alone, so they have to go down on each other. (Becky age 8)
13. On holidays my Mom went water skiing. She fell off when she was going very fast. She says she won't do it again because water fired right up her ass. (Jule age 7)
I have absolutely no idea what's going on right now, Reese, but I'm sorry you're having such a hard time.
Do you want to do coffee some evening this week? I'm free and I'd love to see you *hugs*
OMG Maven! i guess you dont know whats going on... well put it this day yesterday was a day from hell... things are ok now, but yeah coffee... or a ROCKSTAR would be great... you know where i live girl. *huggz*
Reese, the ball tripper...
I sincerely apologise for my out burst Cheryl, I had a tough day and I showed some pretty poor judegement there - not judging you sweety, just me - I've never claimed perfection (although parts of me are incredible!) and can freely admit when I made a mistake - and I have. I ask your forgiveness and hope to go for a coffee sometime :)
hey chiquita - hope you come back (in your own time, if need be). You make things fun in there. It's nice to see someone take on the boys :)
Take care girl.
We need you back. Absolutely NEED you back. Please come back. WE LOVE YOU!
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