Why Did the Grinch Want To Steal Christmas?

[sageoffools]

As I was searching around the net, I actually stumbled across a few verses, that Dr. Suess wrote about the beginning of the life of the Grinch. These lines were actually pulled from the story, because he decided that he wanted the Whos to all seem wonderful and loving. But these lines show us a different side of the Whos!

In a tiny town called Whoville,
There lived two little Whos,
The dad's name was Bill and the mom's was Sue,

They had a Who-baby, who's hair was bright green
Sue hid him away so he wouldn't be seen
He started to get older, he started to fuss
The neighbors all wondered what caused such a muss

So the two little Whos,
Who-Bill and Who-Sue
To the mountain they took their little baby-Who
In the snow of the mountains they left him that day
Then they moved to Bernardville, far, far away!

Alone in the mountain lived this little Who-boy
Without a Who-friend, without a Who-toy
In the snow of the mountain, without even a phone
His heart started to turn as hard as the stone.

Perhaps if the Whos new this side of the story, they would have been a little more sympathetic!
At least now maybe we can give the poor little guy a break.
Maybe instead of calling him "the Grinch" we should call him "the Neglected!"

 

[Latreia]

Ah, yes, the heretofor almost unknown deletion, which Dr. Seuss thereafter remedied due to his brilliant addition to the story of the adorable doggie.

This was also known as "The Max Factor"

Very interrestink.

 

[sageoffools]

I guess this was a little too dark for Dr. Suess!

 

[Latreia]

Oh, it got darker. There is one wild rumor that Dr. Seuss had a nightmare and almost started a story about the infamous village physician:
"Dr. Kno Who"

 

[sageoffools]

Oh, it got darker. There is one wild rumor that Dr. Seuss had a nightmare and almost started a story about the infamous village physician:
"Dr. Kno Who"

Hey, at least it wasn't Dr. Voodo of Whoville
or even Dr. Who

 

[PreachersWife2004]

Didn't the live action movie with Jim Carrey take on the deleted part of the story? I never saw the beginning, only the end.

I agree that he tried to steal Christmas because he just didn't understand what it was about and thought it was about STUFF, stuff that he didn't have, but in the end he learned that it is more than the stuff.

During the holidays my phone is set to ring to the grinch song...but only for certain callers!

 

[sageoffools]

BTW, Just for clarification,
I was kidding about this deleted part of the story,
I actually made it up yesterday, just thought it seemed to fit.

 

[A New Dawn]

Hey, at least it wasn't Dr. Voodo of Whoville
or even Dr. Who

And what is wrong with Dr. Who????

 

[Latreia]

BTW, Just for clarification,
I was kidding about this deleted part of the story,
I actually made it up yesterday, just thought it seemed to fit.

That makes two of us, Sage, my friend.

 

[Latreia]

And what is wrong with Dr. Who????

I guess he needs a thread about him.

This thread is about Mr. Grinch.

 

[PreachersWife2004]

Interesting. I still wonder about the live action film, because I thought it did show some history of the grinch...guess I'll have to watch it all the through sometime! I prefer the cartoon, myself...

 

[A New Dawn]

It does show some "history", but it was not part of the original story by Dr. Seuss.

 

[pgp_protector]

I guess he needs a thread about him.

This thread is about Mr. Grinch.

Just an FYI
Dr Who Thread

 

[Miss Shelby]

This thread is about Mr. Grinch.

really? Seems to me it's about Mrs. Grinch.

 

[Latreia]

really? Seems to me it's about Mrs. Grinch.

That is a new wrinkle and one that few have had a chance to consider, in that Dr. Seuss does not describe or introduce a Mrs. Grinch.

Could you be inferring that Mr. Grinch made such a horrid husband that even his wife could not live with him? You think she divorced him or just kicked him out of their cave with the white picket fence in the front?



Or, most likely, she did like Christmas and decked out the cave with boughs of holly, poinsettias, fragrant candles and a huge lighted Christmas tree every year? She also gave him presents that he really despised and then expected big, expensive gifts from him.

You are right!!! That would explain a LOT!!!

 

[edie19]

with apologies for not saying this before - but I love this thread Latreia, thanks so much for starting it.

 

[JPPT1974]

Maybe to make everybody's lives miserable
So that he can be happy I can only guess.

 

[SwirlingEd]

really? Seems to me it's about Mrs. Grinch.

hahahaha...

 

[edie19]

He's on t.v. right now (love Boris Karloff's voice - no Jim Carrey fake Grinch for me)

 

[A New Dawn]

He's on t.v. right now (love Boris Karloff's voice - no Jim Carrey fake Grinch for me)

I wouldn't touch that with a ............................ 39 and a half-foot pole!