Dr. Seuss: Going

“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”

“If you want to catch beasts you don't see every day,
You have to go places quite out of the way,
You have to go places no others can get to.
You have to get cold and you have too get wet, too.”

“The more that you read,
The more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
The more places you'll go.”

“In the places I go there are things that I see
That I never could spell if I stopped with the Z.”

“And when you're alone there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.”

“But now," says the Once-ler, "now that you're here, the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear. UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”

“Nothing is going to change, unless someone does something soon”

“Oh, the places you'll go!”

“You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go…”

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go…”

“And when things start to happen, don't worry, don't stew.
Just go right along, you'll start happening too!”

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

“Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.”

“There's no limit to how much you'll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.”

“My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It s the letter I use to spell yuzz a ma tuzz. You ll be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond Z and start poking around”

“With your head full of brains,
and your shoes full of feet,
You're too smart to go down any not-so-good-street.”

“Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. Oh! The places you'll go!”

“Out there things can happen, and frequently do,
To people as brainy and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen, don't worry, don't stew.
Just go right along, you'll start happening too!”

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