Since we're on the topic of fish here, I'll post about a fish tale. This time it's a book that I had when I was a kid, in fact the only Dr. Seuss book I had growing up but which really encouraged me to read, even just by myself. I have long lost the book, it's probably somewhere in the house. It's called "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish." One of these days I might just try to go through my old things and look for it. But not now. I'm feeling lazy now.
Instead I'll share this video to you, it's the nicest reading I can find on Youtube. But if you do find a better one, please comment below and share to me the link, so I can also include it here. A'right?
So here's the video:
(For some reason I can't put any YT video now. Will update later. Let me give you the link for now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuc2KE10uAo)
Here's a doodle for you--
And here's the transcription of Dr. Seuss' "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish"
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.
Black fish,
blue fish, old fish, new fish.
This one has
a little star.
This one has
a little car.
Say! What a
lot of fish there are.
Yes. Some
are red. And some are blue.
Some are
old. And some are new.
Some are
sad. And some are glad.
And some are
very, very bad.
Why are they
sad and glad and bad? I do not know. Go ask your dad.
Some are
thin. And some are fat.
The fat one
has a yellow hat.
From there
to here, from here to there,
funny things
are everywhere.
Here are
some who like to run.
They run for
fun in the hot, hot sun.
Oh me! Oh
my! Oh me! Oh my!
What a lot
of funny things go by.
Some have
two feet and some have four.
Some have
six feet and some have more.
Where do
they come from? I can’t say.
But I bet
that have come a long, long way.
Say! Look at
his fingers! One, two, three…
How many
fingers do I see?
One, two,
three, four, five,
six, seven,
eight, nine, ten.
He has
eleven! Eleven!
This is
something new.
I wish I had
eleven, too!
Bump! Bump!
Bump!
Did you ever
ride a Wump?
We have a
Wump with just one hump.
But we know
a man called Mr. Gump.
Mr. Gump has
a seven hump Wump.
So…if you
like to go Bump! Bump!
just jump on
the hump of the Whump of Gump.
Who am I? My
name is Ned.
I do not
like my little bed.
This is no
good. This is not right.
My feet
stick out of bed all night.
And when I
pull them in, Oh dear!
My head
sticks out of bed up here!
We like our
bike. It is made for three.
Our Mike sits
up in back, you see.
We like our
Mike and this is why:
Mike does
all the work when the hills get high.
Hello there,
Ned. How do you do?
Tell me,
tell me what is new?
How are
things in your little bed?
What is new?
Please tell me, Ned.
I do not
like this bed at all.
A lot of
things have come to call.
A cow, a
dog, a cat, a mouse.
Oh! What a
bed! Oh! What a house!
Oh, dear!
Oh, dear! I can not hear.
Will you
please come over near?
Will you
please look in my ear?
There must
be something there, I fear.
Say, look! A
bird was in your ear.
But he is
out. So have no fear.
Again your
ear can hear, my dear.
My hat is
old. My teeth are gold.
I have a
bird I like to hold.
My shoe is
off. My foot is cold.
My shoe is off.
My foot is cold.
I have a
bird I like to hold.
My hat is
old. My teeth are gold.
And now my
story is all told.
We took a
look. We saw a Nook.
On his head
he had a hook.
On his hook
he had a book.
On his book
was “How to Cook.”
We saw him
sit and try to cook.
He took a
look at the book on the hook.
But a Nook
can’t read, so a Nook can’t cook.
So…what good
to a Nook is a hook cook book?
The moon was
out and we saw some sheep.
We saw some
sheep take a walk in their sleep.
By the light
of the moon,
by the light
of a star,
they walked
all night from near to far.
I would
never walk. I would take a car.
I do not
like this one so well.
All he does
is yell, yell, yell.
I will not
have this one about.
When he
comes in I put him out.
This one is
quiet as a mouse.
I like to
have him in the house.
At our house
we open cans.
We have to
open many cans.
And that is
why we have a Zans.
A Zans for
cans is very good.
Have you a
Zans for cans? You should.
I like to
box. How I like to box!
So, every
day, I box a Gox.
In yellow
socks I box my Gox.
I box in
yellow Gox box socks.
It is fun to
sing if you sing with a Ying.
My Ying can
sing like anything.
I sing high
and my Ying sings low,
and we are
not too bad, you know.
This one, I
think, is called a Yink.
He like to
wink, he likes to drink.
He likes to
drink, and drink, and drink.
The thing he
likes to drink is ink.
The ink he
likes to drink is pink.
He likes to
wink and drink pink ink.
So…if you
have a lot of ink,
then you
should get a Yink, I think.
Hop! Hop!
Hop! I am a Yop.
All I like
to do is hop from finger top to finger top.
I hop from
left to right and then…
Hop! Hop! I
hop right back again.
I like to
hop all day and night
from right
to left and left to right.
Why do I
like to hop, hop, hop?
I do not
know. Go ask your Pop.
Brush!
Brush! Brush! Brush!
Comb! Comb!
Comb! Comb!
Blue hair is
fun to brush and comb.
All girls
who like to brush and comb
should have
a pet like this one at home.
Who is this
pet? Say! He is wet.
You never
yet met a pet, I bet,
as wet as
they let this wet pet get.
Did you ever
fly a kite in bed?
Did you ever
walk with ten cats on your head?
Did you ever
milk this kind of cow?
Well, we can
do it. We know how.
If you never
did, you should.
These things
are fun and fun is good.
Hello!
Hello! Are you there?
Hello! I
called you up to say hello.
I said
hello. Can you hear me, Joe?
Oh, no. I
can not hear your call.
I can not
hear your call at all.
This is not
good and I know why.
A mouse has
cut the wire. Good-by!
From near to
far from here to there,
funny things
are everywhere.
These yellow
pets are called the Zeds.
They have
one hair on their heads.
Their hair
grows fast…
so fast,
they say,
they need a
hair cut every day.
Who am I? My
name is Ish.
On my hand I
have a dish.
I have this
dish to help me wish.
When I wish
to make a wish
I wave my
hand with a big swish swish.
Then I say,
“I wish for fish!”
And I get
fish right on my dish.
So…if you
wish to wish a wish,
you may
swish for fish with my Ish wish dish.
At our house
we play out back.
We play a
game called Ring the Gack.
Would you
like to play this game?
Come down!
We have the only Gack in town.
Look what we
found in the park in the dark.
We will take
him home.
We will call
him Clark.
He will live
at our house.
He will grow
and grow.
Will our
mother like this?
We don’t
know.
And now good
night.
It is time
to sleep.
So we will
sleep with our pet Zeep.
Today is
gone. Today was fun.
Tomorrow is
another one.
Every day,
from here to there, funny things are everywhere.
