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This title was originally cataloged by the Library of Congress as follows:

Seuss, Dr. One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish, by Dr. Seuss [pseud.]

New York, Beginner Books; distributed by Random House, © 1960.

62 p.   col. illus.   24 cm.  (Beginner books, B-13)

I. Title.   PZ8.3.G276On   60-7180

ISBN 978-0-394-80013-4 (trade) — ISBN 978-0-394-90013-1 (lib. bdg.)

eBook ISBN: 978-0-385-37200-8

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From there to here,

from here to there,

funny things

are everywhere.

One fish

two fish

red fish

blue fish.

Black fish

blue fish

old fish

new fish.

This one has

a little star.

This one has a little car.

Say! what a lot

of fish there are.

Yes. Some are red. And some are blue.

Some are old. And some are new.

Some are sad.

And some are glad.

And some are very, very bad.

Why are they

sad and glad and bad?

I do not know.

Go ask your dad.

Some are thin.

And some are fat.

The fat one has

a yellow hat.

From there to here,

from here to there,

funny things

are everywhere.

Here are some

who like to run.

They run for fun

in the hot, hot sun.

Oh me! Oh my!

Oh me! Oh my!

What a lot

of funny things go by.

Some have two feet

and some have four.

Some have six feet

and some have more.

Where do they come from? I can’t say.

But I bet they have come

a long, long way.

We see them come.

We see them go.

Some are fast.

And some are slow.

Some are high.

And some are low.

Not one of them

is like another.

Don’t ask us why.

Go ask your mother.

Say!

Look at his fingers!

One, two, three . . .

How many fingers

do I see?

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven,

eight, nine, ten.

He has eleven!

Eleven!

This is something new.

I wish I had

eleven, too!

Bump!

Bump!

Bump!

Did you ever ride a Wump?

We have a Wump

with just one hump.

But

we know a man

called Mr. Gump.

Mr. Gump has a seven hump Wump.

So . . .

if you like to go Bump! Bump!

just jump on the hump of the Wump of Gump.

Who am I?

My name is Ned.

I do not like

my little bed.

This is no good.

This is not right.

My feet stick out

of bed all night.

And when I pull them in,

Oh, dear!

My head sticks out of bed

up here!

We like our bike.

It is made for three.

Our Mike

sits up in back,

you see.

We like our Mike

and this is why:

Mike does all the work

when the hills get high.

Hello there, Ned.

How do you do?

Tell me, tell me

what is new?

How are things

in your little bed?

What is new?

Please tell me, Ned.

I do not like

this bed at all.

A lot of things

have come to call.

A cow, a dog, a cat, a mouse.

Oh! what a bed! Oh! what a house!

Oh, dear! Oh, dear!

I can not hear.

Will you please

come over near?

Will you please look in my ear?

There must be something there, I fear.

Say, look!

A bird was in your ear.

But he is out. So have no fear.

Again your ear can hear, my dear.

My hat is old.

My teeth are gold.

I have a bird

I like to hold.

My shoe is off.

My foot is cold.

My shoe is off.

My foot is cold.

I have a bird

I like to hold.

My hat is old.

My teeth are gold.

And now

my story

is all told.

We took a look.

We saw a Nook.

On his head

he had a hook.

On his hook

he had a book.

On his book

was “How to Cook.”

We saw him sit

and try to cook.

He took a look

at the book on the hook.

But a Nook can’t read,

so a Nook can’t cook.

SO . . .

what good to a Nook

is a hook cook book?

The moon was out

and we saw some sheep.

We saw some sheep

take a walk in their sleep.

By the light of the moon,

by the light of a star,

they walked all night

from near to far.

I would never walk.

I would take a car.

I do not like

this one so well.

All he does

is yell, yell, yell.

I will not have this one about.

When he comes in

I put him out.

This one is

quiet as a mouse.

I like to have him

in the house.

At our house

we open cans.

We have to open

many cans.

And that is why

we have a Zans.

A Zans for cans

is very good.

Have you a Zans for cans?

You should.

I like to box.

How I like to box!

So, every day,

I box a Gox.

In yellow socks

I box my Gox.

I box in yellow

Gox box socks.

It is fun to sing

if you sing with a Ying.

My Ying can sing

like anything.

I sing high

and my Ying sings low,

and we are not too bad,

you know.

This one,

I think,

is called

a Yink.

He likes to wink,

he likes to drink.

He likes to drink, and drink, and drink.

The thing he likes to drink

is ink.

The ink he likes to drink is pink.

He likes to wink and drink pink ink.

SO . . .

if you have a lot of ink,

then you should get

a Yink, I think.

Hop! Hop! Hop!

I am a Yop.

All I like to do is hop

from finger top

to finger top.

I hop from left to right

and then . . .

Hop! Hop!

I hop right back again.

I like to hop

all day and night

from right to left

and left to right.

Why do I like to

hop, hop, hop?

I do not know.

Go ask your Pop.

Brush! Brush!

Brush! Brush!

Comb! Comb!

Comb! Comb!

Blue hair

is fun

to brush and comb.

All girls who like

to brush and comb

should have a pet

like this at home.

Who is this pet?

Say!

He is wet.

You never yet

met a pet,

I bet,

as wet as they let

this wet pet get.

Did you ever

fly a kite

in bed?

Did you ever walk

with ten cats

on your head?

Did you ever milk

this kind of cow?

Well, we can do it.

We know how.

If you never did,

you should.

These things are fun

and fun is good.

Hello!

Hello!

Are you there?

Hello!

I called you up

to say hello.

I said hello.

Can you hear me, Joe?

Oh, no.

I can not hear your call.

I can not hear your call at all.

This is not good

and I know why.

A mouse has cut the wire.

Good-by!

From near to far

from here to there,

funny things are everywhere.

These yellow pets

are called the Zeds.

They have one hair

up on their heads.

Their hair grows fast . . .

so fast, they say,

they need a hair cut

every day.

Who am I?

My name is Ish.

On my hand I have a dish.

I have this dish

to help me wish.

When I wish to make a wish

I wave my hand with a big swish swish.

Then I say, “I wish for fish!”

And I get fish right on my dish.

So . . .

if you wish to wish a wish,

you may swish for fish

with my Ish wish dish.

At our house

we play out back.

We play a game

called Ring the Gack.

Would you like to play this game?

Come down!

We have the only

Gack in town.

Look what we found

in the park

in the dark.

We will take him home.

We will call him Clark.

He will live at our house.

He will grow and grow.

Will our mother like this?

We don’t know.

And now

good night.

It is time to sleep.

So we will sleep

with our pet Zeep.

Today is gone. Today was fun.

Tomorrow is another one.

Every day,

from here to there,

funny things are everywhere.

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