ALL: Every Who
down in
Who-ville Liked Christmas a lot.
Who
1: But
the Grinch, who lived just north of Who-ville, Did NOT!
Who
2: The
Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don't
ask why.
No one quite knows the reason.
Who
3: It
could be his head wasn't screwed on just right.
Who
4: It
could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
Who
5: But I
think that the most likely reason of all May have been that his heart
was two sizes too
small.
Who
6:
But, whatever the reason, his heart or his shoes, he stood
there on Christmas Eve, hating
the Whos.
Who
7:
Staring down from his cave with a sour, Grinchy frown at the warm
lighted windows below
in their town. For he
knew every Who down in Who-ville beneath Was busy now, hanging a
mistletoe wreath.
Grinch:
And
they're hanging their stockings!
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Who: He snarled with a sneer,
Grinch:
Tomorrow is Christmas! It's practically here!
Who
8: Then
he growled, with his Grinch fingers nervously drumming,
Grinch:
I
MUST find some way to stop Christmas from coming!
Who
9: For,
tomorrow, he knew...
Who
10: All the Who girls and boys would wake bright and early. They'd rush
for their toys! And then!
Who
11: Oh,
the noise! Oh, the Noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!
Who
12:
That's one thing he hated!
Who
13: The
NOISE!
Who
9:
NOISE!
Who
7:
NOISE!
Who
12:
NOISE!
Who
14: Then
the Whos, young and old, would sit down to a feast.
Who
15: And
they'd feast!
Who
16: And
they'd feast!
Who
17: And
they'd FEAST!
Who
18:
FEAST!
Who
19:
FEAST!
Who
20:
FEAST!
Who
21: They
would feast on Who-pudding, and rare Who-roast beast
Who
22:
Which was something the Grinch couldn't stand in the least!
Who
23: And
THEN They'd do something He liked least of all!
Who
24:
Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small, would stand close
together,
with Christmas bells
ringing. They'd stand
hand-in-hand.
Who 25: And the Whos would start singing!
Who
26: They'd sing!
Who
27: And
they'd sing!
Who
28: And
they'd SING!
Who
1: SING!
Who
2: SING!
Who
3: SING!
Who
4: And
the more the Grinch thought of this Who-Christmas-Sing,
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Who: The more the Grinch thought
Grinch:
I
must stop this whole thing! Why, for fifty-three years I've put up with
it now! I MUST stop this
Christmas from coming! ...But HOW?
Who
5: Then
he got an idea!
Who
6: An
awful idea!
ALL:
THE
GRINCH GOT A WONDERFUL, AWFUL IDEA!
Grinch:
I
know just what to do!
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Who: The Grinch laughed in his throat.
Who
7: And
he made a quick Santy Claus hat and a coat.
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Who: And he chuckled, and clucked,
Grinch:
What
a great Grinchy trick! With this coat and this hat, I look just like
Saint Nick! All I need is a
reindeer.
Who
8: The
Grinch looked around. But, since reindeer are scarce, there was none to
be found.
Who
9: Did
that stop the old Grinch...?
Grinch:
No!
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Who: The Grinch simply said
Grinch:
If I
can't find a reindeer, I'll make one instead!
Who
10: So
he called his dog, Max.
Who
11: Then
he took some red thread. And he tied a big horn on the top of his
head.
Who
12: THEN
He loaded some bags
Who
13: And
some old empty sacks
Who
12: On a ramshackle sleigh
Who
14: And
he hitched up old Max.
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Who: Then the Grinch said
Grinch:
Giddap!
Who
15: And the sleigh started down toward the homes where the Whos lay
a-snooze in their town.
Who
16: All their windows were dark. Quiet snow filled the air.
Who
17: All
the Whos were all dreaming sweet dreams without care
Who
18: When
he came to the first little house on the square.
Grinch:
This
is stop number one
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Who: The old Grinchy Claus hissed
Who
19: And
he climbed to the roof, empty bags in his fist.
Who
20: Then
he slid down the chimney. A rather tight pinch.
Who
21: But,
if Santa could do it
Who
22: then
so could the Grinch
Who
23: He
got stuck only once, for a moment or two.
Who
24: Then
he stuck his head out of the fireplace flue where the little Who
stockings all hung in a
row.
Grinch:
These stockings
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Who: he grinned
Grinch:
are
the first things to go!
Who
25: Then
he slithered and slunk, with a smile most unpleasant,
Who
26:
Around the whole room, and he took every present!
Who
27: Pop
guns!
Who
28: And
bicycles!
Who
1:
Roller skates!
Who
2: Drums!
Who
3:
Checkerboards!
Who
4:
Tricycles!
Who
5:
Popcorn!
Who
6: And
plums!
Who
7: And
he stuffed them in bags.
Who
8: Then the Grinch, very nimbly, Stuffed all the bags, one by one, up
the chimbley!
Who
9: Then he slunk to the icebox.
Who
10: He
took the Whos' feast!
Who
11: He
took the Who-pudding!
Who
12: He
took the roast beast!
Who
13: He
cleaned out that icebox as quick as a flash.
Who
14: Why,
that Grinch even took their last can of Who-hash!
Who
15: Then
he stuffed all the food up the chimney with glee.
Grinch:
And
NOW!
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Who: grinned the Grinch
Grinch:
I
will stuff up the tree!
Who
16: And
the Grinch grabbed the tree, and he started to shove
Who
17: When he heard a small sound like the coo of a dove.
Who
18: He turned around fast, and he saw a small Who!
Who
19:
Little Cindy-Lou Who
Who
20: who was not more than two.
Who
21: The Grinch had been caught by this tiny Who daughter who'd got out
of bed for a cup of cold
water.
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Who: She stared at the Grinch and said
Cindy-Lou
Who: Santy Claus, why? Why are you taking our Christmas tree? WHY?
Who
22: But,
you know, that old Grinch was so smart and so slick. He thought up a
lie,
Who
23: he
thought it up quick!
Grinch:
Why,
my sweet little tot
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Who: the fake Santy Claus lied
Grinch:
There's a light on this tree that won't light on one side. So I'm
taking it home to my workshop,
my dear.
I'll fix it up
there. Then I'll bring it back here.
Who
24: And
his fib fooled the child.
Who
25: Then
he patted her head and he got her a drink and he sent her to bed.
Who
26: And when Cindy-Lou Who went to bed with her cup, HE went to the
chimney and stuffed
the tree up!
Who
27: Then the last thing he took was the log for their fire!
Who
28: Then
he went up the chimney, himself, the old liar.
Who
1: On their walls he left nothing but hooks and some wire.
Who
2: And the one speck of food that he left in the house was a crumb that
was even too small for a
mouse.
Who
3: Then He did the same thing to the other Whos' houses.
Who
4: Leaving crumbs much too small For the other Whos' mouses!
Who
5: It
was quarter past dawn...
Who
6: All
the Whos, still a-bed,
Who
7: All
the Whos, still a-snooze
Who
8: When
he packed up his sled
Who
9:
Packed it up with their presents!
Who
10: The
ribbons!
Who
11: The
wrappings!
Who
12: The
tags!
Who
13: And
the tinsel!
Who
14: The
trimmings!
Who
15: The trappings!
Who
16: Three thousand feet up!
Who
17: Up
the side of Mt. Crumpit
Who
18: He
rode with his load to the tiptop to dump it!
Grinch:
Pooh-Pooh to the Whos!
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Who: he was grinch-ish-ly humming
Grinch:
They're finding out now that no Christmas is coming! They're just
waking up! I know just what
they'll do! Their mouths will hang
open a minute or two then the Whos
down in Who-ville will
all cry
Boo-Hoo! That's a noise
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Who: grinned the Grinch
Grinch:
That I simply MUST hear!
Who
19: So he paused. And the Grinch put his hand to his ear. And he did
hear a sound rising over the
snow.
Who
20: It started in low.
Who
21: Then it started to grow...
Who
22: But the sound wasn't sad!
Who
23: Why, this sound sounded merry!
Who
24: It couldn't be so!
Who
25: But it WAS merry!
ALL:
VERY!
Who
26: He stared down at Who-ville!
Who
27: The Grinch popped his eyes!
Who
28: Then he shook!
Who
1: What he saw was a shocking surprise!
Who
2: Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small, was singing!
Who
3: Without any presents at all!
Who
4: He HADN'T stopped Christmas from coming! It came!
Who
5: Somehow or other, it came just the same!
Who
6: And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow,
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Who: Stood puzzling and puzzling
Grinch:
How could it be so? It came with out ribbons! It came without tags! It
came without packages,
boxes or bags!
Who
7: And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore.
Who
8: Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before!
Grinch:
Maybe Christmas
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Who: he thought
Grinch:
doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little
bit more!
Who
9: And what happened then...?
Who
10: Well...in Who-ville they say that the Grinch's small heart Grew
three sizes that day!
Who
11: And the minute his heart didn't feel quite so tight, he whizzed
with his load through the bright
morning light
Who
12: And he brought back the toys!
Who
13: And the food for the feast!
Who
14: And he...
Who
15: HE HIMSELF...!
Who
16: The Grinch carved the roast beast!
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