Three thousand feet up! Up the side of Mt. Crumpit, He rode with his
load to the tiptop to dump it! "Pooh-Pooh to the Whos!" he was
grinch-ish-ly humming. "They're finding out now that no Christmas is
coming!" "They're just waking up! I know just what they'll do!" "Their
mouths will hang open a minute or two Then the Whos down in
Who-ville will all cry Boo-Hoo!"
"That's a noise," grinned the Grinch, "That I simply MUST hear!" So he paused. And the Grinch put his hand to his ear. And he did hear a sound rising over the snow. It started in low. Then it started to grow...
But the sound wasn't sad! Why, this
sound sounded merry! It couldn't be so!
But it WAS merry! VERY!
He stared down at Who-ville! The Grinch popped his eyes! Then he shook! What he saw was a shocking surprise!
Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small, Was singing! Without any presents at all!
He HADN'T stopped Christmas from coming! IT CAME! Somehow or other, it came just the same!
And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow, Stood puzzling
and puzzling: "How could it be so?" "It came with out ribbons! It came
without tags!" "It came without packages, boxes or bags!" And he puzzled
three hours, till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something
he hadn't before! "Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a
store." "Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
And what happened then...? Well...in Who-ville they say That the Grinch's
small heart Grew three sizes that day!
And the minute his heart didn't feel quite so tight, He whizzed with his load
through the bright morning light And he brought back the toys! And the food
for the feast! And he...
Songs From the Grinch
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