Feb 21 2009
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
“Green Eggs and Ham” is an all time favorite childrens’ book in the United States of America. In fact, According to Publishers Weekly “Green Eggs and Ham” is the 4th best selling English Language children’s book of all time. The book was written, of course, by Dr. Seuss and was first published by Random House in 1960.
The story is based on two main characters: The first is a somewhat grumpy soul who refuses to try the green eggs and ham. The second is named Sam-I-Am who is a rather chipper and pestering soul who is unwilling to believe someone would not or could not like such a delicious meal such as green eggs and ham.
The story is about Sam-I-Am trying to convince the crabby un-named creature to eat a dish of green eggs and ham. The creature refuses to even take a taste. Sam goes through great lengths of trouble trying to convince the creature to at least try the meal . In the end, Sam manages to convince him to taste the food and the unnamed creature decides that he loves the dish.
The moral of the story is of course, try new things, don’t judge something by the way it looks, or perhaps even in the case of Sam: persistence pays off. I am sure there are more lessons to be learned from the story, but in the end, most of us just like it because it is so much fun to read the rhymes! I hope you enjoy the video version of this classic story.
I always loved the books, and the animated shorts were just as good. Been a great many years since I had seen this movie.
But of all the Dr. Seuess animated classics you have to love the Lorax! Dr. Seuess was “Green” before green became fashionable!