This classic Dr. Seuss tale was first published in 1956.
Our hero for this story is Morris McGurk. He has the most wonderful idea. Back behind Sneelock’s Store is a vacant lot, and if he can get all the cans cleaned out of it, it would make a fabulous place for a circus – but not any old circus, no. The Circus McGurkus!
There will be acrobats, jugglers and clowns. Morris is really going to go all out to make this the greatest show on earth, or anywhere. He will, of course, have to make about five hundred gallons of pink lemonade to get ready, not to mention the balloons, but all of that’s a trifle when you keep the big picture in mind.
First of all, the Welcome Horns will blow, played by the horn-tooting apes from the Jungles of Jorn. Then we’ll see a walrus names Rolf balance on one whisker atop a golf ball. Now, that’s really something else. After that, we’ll be treated to a song from the Drum-tummied Snumm, who can beat out any tune you like. I’m told, confidentially, that his tummy’s numb.
Then we shall see the Remarkable Foon who can eat hot pebbles and then blow smoke from his ears. Of course who can forget the Wily Walloo, with his tail so long, he can use it like a lasso. Or the Hoodwink, who winks in his wink hood. Quite an awesome spectacle.
But no circus is complete without a Blindfolded Bowman, or a Juggling Jott, or a Truffle or a a Huffle or a Flummox or a Fibbel. (May I just say, my spell-checker’s about to have a coronary attack?) And who can forget the Bolster and the Nolster – and the To-and-Fro Marchers?
Yes, all of these things will young Morris have in his very own circus. It’s still aways off – he has cans to haul and trees to trim, but it’s only a matter of time. You’ll see.
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