And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street - Dr Seuss Kids Book Read Aloud - Stories for Kids
And To Think That I Say It On Mulberry Street, by Dr. Seuss, is a classic kid's book read aloud for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school ages (and adults still young at heart).
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00:00And
00:27to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss.
00:35When I leave home to walk to school, dad always says to me, Marco, keep your eyelids up and
00:41see what you can see.
00:43But when I tell him where I've been and what I think I've seen, he looks at me and sternly
00:48says, your eyesight's much too keen.
00:52Stop telling such outlandish tales.
00:54Stop turning minnows into whales.
00:57Now what can I say when I get home today?
01:04All the long way to school and all the way back, I've looked and I've looked and I've
01:09kept careful track, but all that I've noticed, except my own feet, was a horse and a wagon
01:15on Mulberry Street.
01:21That's nothing to tell of.
01:22That won't do, of course.
01:24Just a broken down wagon that's drawn by a horse.
01:28That can't be my story.
01:30That's only a start.
01:31I'll say that a zebra was pulling that cart.
01:34And that is a story that no one can beat when I say that I saw it on Mulberry Street.
01:41Yes, the zebra is fine, but I think it's a shame.
01:47Such a marvelous beast with a cart that's so tame.
01:50The story would really be better to hear if the driver I saw were a charioteer.
01:56A golden blue chariot's something to meet, rumbling like thunder down Mulberry Street.
02:02No, it won't do at all.
02:07A zebra's too small.
02:09A reindeer is better.
02:11He's fast in his fleet.
02:13And he'd look mighty smart on old Mulberry Street.
02:20Hold on a minute.
02:21There's something wrong.
02:22A reindeer hates the way it feels to pull a thing that runs on wheels.
02:27He'd be much happier instead if he could pull a fancy sled.
02:33Hmm, a reindeer and sleigh.
02:38Say, anyone could think of that.
02:41Jack or Fred or Joe or Nat.
02:43Say, even Jane could think of that.
02:46But it isn't too late to make one little change.
02:49A sleigh and an elephant.
02:52There's something strange.
02:53I'll pick one with plenty of power and size.
02:56A blue one with plenty of fun in his eyes.
02:59And then, just to give him a little more tone, have a Rajah with rubies perched high on a
03:05throne.
03:06Say, that makes a story that no one can beat, when I say that I saw it on Mulberry Street.
03:15But now I don't know.
03:16It still doesn't seem right.
03:18An elephant pulling a thing that's so light would whip it around in the air like a kite.
03:24But he looks simply grand with a great big brass band.
03:32A band that's so good should have someone to hear it.
03:35But it's going so fast that it's hard to keep near it.
03:39I'll put on a trailer.
03:40I know they won't mind if a man sits and listens while hitched on behind.
03:45But now is it fair?
03:47Is it fair what I've done?
03:48I'll bet those wagons weigh more than a ton.
03:52It's really too heavy a load for one beast.
03:55I'll give him some helpers.
03:56He needs two at least.
04:02But now what worries me is this.
04:04Mulberry Street runs into bliss.
04:07Unless there's something I can fix up, there'll be an awful traffic mix-up.
04:16It takes police to do the trick to guide them through where traffic's thick.
04:21It takes police to do the trick.
04:23They'll never crash now.
04:25They'll race at top speed with Sergeant Mulvaney himself in the lead.
04:33The mayor is there and he thinks it is grand.
04:36And he raises his hat as they dash by the stand.
04:40The mayor is there and the aldermen too, all waving big banners of red, white, and blue.
04:46And that is a story that no one can beat when I say that I saw it on Mulberry Street.
04:55With the roar of its motor, an airplane appears and dumps out confetti while everyone cheers.
05:01And that makes a story that's really not bad, but it still could be better.
05:06Suppose that I add a Chinese man who eats with sticks, a big magician doing tricks,
05:16a ten-foot beard that needs a comb.
05:19No time for more, I'm almost home.
05:24I swung round the corner and dashed through the gate.
05:27I ran up the steps and I felt simply great.
05:31For I had a story that no one could beat.
05:34And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street.
05:37But Dad said quite calmly, just draw up your stool and tell me the sights on the way home
05:42from school.
05:44There was so much to tell, I just couldn't begin.
05:47Dad looked at me sharply and pulled at his chin.
05:50He frowned at me sternly from there in his seat.
05:54Was there nothing to look at?
05:55No people to greet?
05:57Did nothing excite you or make your heart beat?
06:02Nothing, I said, growing red as a beet, but a plain horse and wagon on Mulberry Street.
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