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Topic: If We Didn't Have Birthdays.......
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Azalaksh
Knowflake Posts: 6485
From: New Brighton, MN, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted January 08, 2006 04:07 PM
 
Found in my 9yo son's school folder today:If we didn't have birthdays, you wouldn't be you.
If you'd never been born, well then what would you do?
If you'd never been born, well then what would you be?
You might be a fish! Or a toad in a tree!
You might be a doorknob! Or three baked potatoes!
You might be a bag full of hard green tomatoes!
Or worse than all that.....
Why you might be a WASN'T.
A Wasn't has no fun at all. No he doesn't.
A Wasn't just isn't. He just isn't present.
But you..... You ARE YOU!
And now isn't that pleasant? --Dr Seuss IP: Logged |
oddball
Knowflake Posts: 308
From: Canada
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted January 08, 2006 05:31 PM
Dr. Seuss has the midas touch.IP: Logged |
Nephthys
Moderator Posts: 3800
From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted January 08, 2006 06:37 PM
That's great! I had no idea that Dr. Seuss wrote that! I loved (and still love) all the Dr. Seuss stories!
When we come and go from our house, my dog waits in the window and watches us. It always reminds me of the children in Cat in the Hat when it rained and they sat in the window looking outside.   IP: Logged |
Hexxie
Knowflake Posts: 934
From: :::Libra Sun / 29* Gemini Rising / Aquarius Moon:::
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted January 08, 2006 08:27 PM
Thanks for sharing that! I loved it! Been so long since i've read anything by Dr S. This one really spoke to me and fits in with my learnings as of late. Been feeling a little uncomfortable in my own skin for awhile now and this poem says to snap the heck out of it in a playful way! Thanks again  ------------------
`Who are you?' said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, `I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.'
~Lewis Carroll :::Libra Sun / 29* Gemini Rising / Aquarius Moon::: IP: Logged |
aqua
Knowflake Posts: 2805
From: dreamland
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted January 08, 2006 11:13 PM
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pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 5301
From: Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted January 09, 2006 01:33 AM
Dr. Seuss rocks my worldIP: Logged |
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