This classic children’s picture book by world renowned author/illustrator, Dr. Suess, was first published in 1955.
One day at school, a young lad by the name of Conrad Cornelius o’Donald o’Dell felt pretty proud of himself. He knew the letter “A,” and every other letter of the alphabet all the way down to Z, and because he knew that, he was sure he had reached the pinnacle of knowledge and learning and that there was no more to be learned.
However, his friend explains that there is a whole ‘nother alphabet just full of wonderful letters, and he illustrates, like so:
The first letter is Yuzz, and is used to write Yuzz-a-ma-Tuzz. Then, of course, let’s not forget the letter Wum, used to spell Wumbus, who, as we all know, is a whale who lives up on a hill.
Next let’s learn the letter Um, used to spell Umbus. An Umbus is a cow that is so long, she has ninety-eight or ninety-nine udders (it’s hard to get an accurate cownt. Sorry, that was bad.)
Who could get by without the letter Humpf, which is crucial in spelling Humpf-a-Humpf-a-Dumfer. Sheesh, what an oversight! And who can leave out Fuddle, or Glikk, or my personal favorite, Nuh?
You see, you use Nuh to spell Nutches, who live in nitches, for hutches. But talking about this actually makes me sad, because, you see – there are more Nutches than there are nitches. Oh, the poor homeless Nutches, who have to do without nitches . . . let’s move on.
Then there is the letter Snee, used to spell Sneedle. What, you’ve never heard of a Sneedle? Well, I shall explain. It is a ferocious mos-keedle. That makes everything plain, now doesn’t it?
You know, we really could go on for some time, discussing the comparative merits of letters such as Quan, Thnad, Spazz, Floob (of the Floob-Boober-Bab-Boober-Bub Floobs), Zatz, and even Jogg and Flunn. But wouldn’t it be a lot more fun to read the book yourself?
Related Blogs:
Dr. Suess Series: Hunches in Bunches
Dr. Seuss Series: Bartholomew and the Oobleck