Lois Letchford reads Dr. Seuss's "Falling Up" mixed with original silly verses: a microscope cantaloupe joke, a pirate treasure hunt, a song about building a boat, and a "Noise Day" chant celebrating all kinds of sounds.
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Hello, Lois Letchford reading from Falling Up. Nope. I put a piece of cantaloupe underneath the microscope. I saw a million strange things sleeping. I saw a zillion weird things creeping. I saw some green things twist and bend. I won't eat cantaloupe again. Enjoy! Hit like, hit Hit subscribe. No, I do not want a kitten. No cute cuddly kittypoo. No more long hair in my cornflakes. No more midnight meowing mews. No more scratch and snarl and splitters. No more sofas clawed to shreds. No more smell of kitty litter. No more mousies in my bed. No, I will not take that kitten. I've had lice and I've had fleas. I've been scratched and sprayed and bitten. I've developed allergies. If you've got an ape, I'll take him. If you've got a lion, that's fine. If you've brought some walking bacon, leave him there. I'll treat him kind. I have room for mice and gerbils. I have beds for boars and bats. But please, please take away the kitten quick before it becomes a cat. Well, it is kind of cute. At that! Enjoy! Hit like, hit subscribe, and share. Following the trail on the old treasure map, I came to the spot that said, dig right here! And 4 feet down, my spade struck wood, just where the map said a chest would appear. But carved in the side were written these words: a curse upon he who disturbs this gold, signed Morgan the Pirate. Scourge of the seas. I read these words and my blood ran cold. So here I sit upon untold wealth, trying to figure out which is worse. How much do I need this gold? And how much do I need this curse? Needles and pins, needles and pins, needles and pins. Sew me a sail to catch me the wind. Sew me a sail strong as the gale. Carpenter, Bring out your hammers and nails. Hammers and nails, hammers and nails. Build me a boat to go chasing the whales. Chasing the whales, sailing the blue. Find me a captain and sign me a crew. Captain and crew, captain and crew. Take me, oh, take me to anywhere new. Diving board. You've been up on the diving board making sure that it's nice and straight. You've made sure that it's not too slick. You've made sure it can stand the weight. You've made sure that the springs are tight. You've made sure that the cloth won't slip. You've made sure that it bounces right and that your toes can get a grip. And you've been up there since half past 5 doing everything but dive. Safe! I look to the left, I look to the right before I ever move my feet. No cars to the left, no cars to the right. I guess it's safe to cross the street. Noise Day. Let's have one day for girls and boysies when you can make the grandest noises. Scream, screech, holler and yell. Buzzer, buzzer, clang a bell. Sneeze, hiccup, whistle, shout. Laugh until your lungs wear out. Toot a whistle, kick a can, bang a spoon against a pan. Sing, yodel, bellow, hum. Blow a horn, beat a drum, rattle a window, slam a door, scrape a rake across the floor, use a drill, drive a nail, turn the hose on the garbage pail, shout hooray, hurrah, hurrah, turn up the music all the way, try and bounce your bowling ball, ride a skateboard up the wall, chomp your food with a smack and a slurp, chew, chomp, hiccup, burp. One day a year, Do all of these the rest of the days. Be quiet, please. My sneaky cousin. She put in her clothes, then thought she'd get a free bath here at the laundrette. So round she goes now, flippity-flap, looking clean but not too happy. Little horse. My voice was raspy, Rough and cracked. I said, I'm a little horse. They stuck a saddle on my back and jumped on me, and now of course they trot me and they gallop me and they prance me up and down the town, yelling, giddy-up, little horse! Some things don't mean the way they sound. Enjoy! Hit like, hit subscribe, and share.
