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Seuss, Dr. Hop on Pop, by Dr. Seuss [pseud.] New York, Beginner Books:

distributed by Random House © 1963.

64 p. illus. 24 cm. (Beginner books, B-29)

I. Title.  PZ8.3.G276Hn  63-9810

ISBN: 978-0-394-80029-5 (trade) — ISBN: 978-0-394-90029-2 (lib. bdg.)

eBook ISBN: 978-0-385-37204-6

UP

PUP

Pup is up.

CUP

PUP

Pup in cup.

PUP

CUP

Cup on pup.

MOUSE

HOUSE

Mouse on house.

HOUSE

MOUSE

House on mouse.

ALL

TALL

We all are tall.

ALL

SMALL

We all are small.

ALL

BALL

We all play ball.

BALL

WALL

Up on a wall.

ALL

FALL

Fall off the wall.

DAY

PLAY

We play all day.

NIGHT

FIGHT

We fight all night.

HE

ME

He is after me.

HIM

JIM

Jim is after him.

SEE

BEE

We see a bee.

SEE

BEE

THREE

Now we

see three.

THREE

TREE

Three fish in a tree.

Fish in a tree?

How can that be?

RED

RED

They call me Red.

RED

BED

I am in bed.

RED

NED

TED

and

ED

in

BED

PAT

PAT

They call him Pat.

PAT

SAT

Pat sat on hat.

PAT

CAT

Pat sat on cat.

PAT

BAT

Pat sat on bat.

NO

PAT

NO

Don’t sit on that.

SAD

DAD

BAD

HAD

Dad is sad.

Very, very sad.

He had a bad day.

What a day Dad had!

THING

THING

What is that thing?

THING

SING

That thing can sing!

SONG

LONG

A long, long song.

Good-by, Thing.

You sing too long.

WALK

WALK

We like to walk.

WALK

TALK

We like to talk.

HOP

POP

We like to hop.

We like to hop

on top of Pop.

STOP

You must not

hop on Pop.

Mr. BROWN

Mrs. BROWN

Mr. Brown upside down.

Pup up.

Brown down.

Pup is down.

Where is Brown?

WHERE IS BROWN?

THERE IS BROWN!

Mr. Brown is out of town.

BACK

BLACK

Brown came back.

Brown came back

with Mr. Black.

SNACK

SNACK

Eat a snack.

Eat a snack

with Brown and Black.

JUMP

BUMP

He jumped.

He bumped.

FAST

PAST

He went past fast.

WENT

TENT

SENT

He went into the tent.

I sent him out of the tent.

WET

GET

Two dogs get wet.

HELP

YELP

They yelp for help.

HILL

WILL

Will went up hill.

WILL

HILL

STILL

Will is

up hill still.

FATHER

MOTHER

SISTER

BROTHER

That one is

my other brother.

My brothers read

a little bit.

Little

words

like

If

and

it.

My father

can read

big words, too.

Like

CONSTANTINOPLE

and

TIMBUKTU

SAY

SAY

What does this say?

seehemewe

patpuppop

hethreetreebee

tophopstop

Ask me tomorrow

but not today.

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