Speaker 1: Hey guys, guess what day this is.
Speaker 2: It's Monday, the second of March.
Speaker 1: I know that, but it's someone's birthday, too. Do ya' know?
Speaker 2: Your birthday?
Speaker 1: No!
Speaker 3: Your brother's?
Speaker 1: No.
Speaker 2: Your dog's!
Speaker 1: No, get serious! I'll give you a hint: "I wish we could do what they do in Katroo. They sure know how to say 'Happy Birthday to You!'" (Geisel 1959).
Speaker 3: "In Katroo, every year, on the day you were born They start the day right in the bright early morn"
Speaker 2: "When the Birthday Honk-Honker hikes high up Mt. Zorn And let's loose a big blast on the big Birthday Horn" (Geisel 1959).
Speaker 1: "Wake Up! For today is your Day of all Days!" (Geisel 1959).
Speakers 2 & 3: DR. SEUSS!!
Speaker 1: You're right; it's Theodore Geisel's birthday.
Speaker 2: Theodore who?
Speaker 1: Ha, ha, Theodore Geisel—DR. SEUSS. That Theodore! That's his real name. Speaker 3: Wow, I didn't know his real name was Geisel. How old is he?
Speaker 1: Let's see… he was born in 1904 and he died in 1991, that would have made him… let's see… 86 years old when he died, or if we use today's date, he would be 105.
Speaker 2: Wow, like Stanley Yelnets would say, "That''s good math." Dr. Seuss wrote many children's books, didn't he?
Speaker 3: Yes, and he illustrated them, too.
Speaker 1: He wrote in clever rhyme, made up creative creatures with silly names and invented words like: "They never invited the Plain-Belly Sneetches, They left them out cold, in the dark of the beaches" (Geisel 1961).
Speaker 2: Yeh, like: "And here comes your cake! Cooked by Snookers and Snookers, The Official Katroo Happy Birthday Cake Cookers" (Geisel 1959).
Speaker 3: He even won an award for his books.
Speaker 1: I know, I know, in 1984 the Pulitzer Prize Board awarded Dr. Seuss a Special Citation…
Speaker 2: "for his contribution over nearly half a century to the educational and enjoyment of America's children and their parents" (Pulitzer Prize Board).
Speaker 2: That's really cool! I've got an idea. Let's all wish Dr. Seuss a happy birthday.
Speakers 1 & 3: Okay!
Speakers 1, 2 & 3: Together: "When it ends, You're much happier, Richer and fatter. And the Bird flies you home On a very soft platter. So that''s What the Birthday Bird Does in Katroo. And I wish I could do All these great things for you" (Geisel 1959). YAH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR. SEUSS! READ, READ, READ!