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01c. 1947 AD

But I've bought a big bat.I'm all ready, you see.Now my troubles are goingTo have troubles with me!

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02c. 1947 AD

Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.

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03c. 1947 AD

A Wasn’t just isn't. He just isn't present. But you… You ARE YOU! And, now isn't that pleasant!

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04c. 1947 AD

Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!

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05c. 1947 AD

He took the Who’s feast, he took the Who pudding, he took the roast beast. He cleaned out that ice box as quick as a flash. Why, the Grinch even took their last can of Who hash.

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06c. 1947 AD

The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason.It could be his head wasn’t screwed on just right.It could be, perhaps his shoes were too tight.But I think that the most likely reason of allMay have been that his heart was two sizes too small.

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07c. 1947 AD

It all began with a shoe on the wall. A shoe on the wall shouldn't be there at all.

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08c. 1947 AD

The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.

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09c. 1947 AD

I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.

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10c. 1947 AD

Being crazy isn't enough.

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11c. 1947 AD

The more you read the more places you will go,the more places you go the more things you will learn.

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12c. 1947 AD

All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!

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13c. 1947 AD

Stop telling such outlandish tales. Stop turning minnows into whales.

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14c. 1947 AD

You are you. Now, isn't that pleasant?

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15c. 1947 AD

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,Nothing is going to get better. It's not.

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16c. 1947 AD

Gertrude, behind her, again had just one... That one little feather she had as a starter. But now that's enough, because now she is smarter.

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17c. 1947 AD

From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.

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18c. 1947 AD

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store.

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19c. 1947 AD

You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.

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20c. 1947 AD

Adults are obsolete children.

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21c. 1947 AD

You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

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22c. 1947 AD

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23c. 1947 AD

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.

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24c. 1947 AD

Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.

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