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December 14, 2006
Dr. Seuss and Buddha
Tonight I read Dr. Seuss to my son and his friend, Buddha. Buddha is actually just a 5" statuette representation of Buddha - my son likes to keep him around and rub his tummy for good luck. When I was reading, he made sure that Buddha got a good long look at each page before I could turn it. I think Buddha rather enjoyed himself, I know we did. Greatest short Dr. Seuss story ever: What was I Scared Of?. If you are not familiar with it, find it and read it asap.
Other Seussy things happened earlier, oddly enough, when I was riding with the guy that was towing my car to the repair shop (I'm not really in the mood for sharing this lovely story). When I got into his truck he noticed the copy of How The Grinch Stole Christmas that I had with me. He told me how he used to read to his children when they were young and tried hard to remember a particular Seuss story in which there was "some sort of beetle". After we both thought for a moment, I finally came out with "Tweedle Beetles!" and there I had it. You know, Tweedle Beetles from Fox In Sox. He seemed happy that I thought of it - then I proceeded to recite several lines of the Tweedle Beetle portion of the story from memory (because I've only read it like 459 bajillion times).
...and just when I thought I wasn't good for anything.
Pearls of "wisdom" by Jamie at December 14, 2006 11:36 PM