Oh the Places You Go Read Aloud

Oh! The Places You'll Become!
by Dr. Seuss

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!

You accept brains in your head.
Y'all have feet in your shoes.
You tin steer yourself any direction you cull.
Y'all're on your ain. And you know what you know. And Y'all are the guy who'll decide where to become.

You'll expect up and downwards streets. Look'em over with care. Nearly some you volition say, "I don't choose to go in that location." With your caput full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down a not-so-practiced street.

And y'all may not detect any you lot'll want to go down. In that case, of course, y'all'll head straight out of town. Information technology'southward opener there in the wide open air.

Out at that place things tin happen and ofttimes do to people equally brainy and footsy as you.

And when things start to happen, don't worry. Don't stew. Only go right along. You'll start happening too.

Oh! The Places You'll Become!

You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
Y'all'll join the loftier fliers who soar to high heights.

You won't lag behind, considering you'll take the speed. Y'all'll laissez passer the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead. Wherever yous fly, you'll be best of the best. Wherever you get, y'all will top all the rest.

Except when you lot don't.
Because, sometimes, you won't.

I'm lamentable to say so but, sadly, it'due south truthful that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.

You can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And your gang volition wing on. You'll be left in a Lurch.

You'll come downward from the Lurch with an unpleasant bump. And the chances are, then, that you lot'll exist in a Slump.

And when you're in a Slump, y'all're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is non easily done.

Yous will come up to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked. A identify you could sprain both your elbow and chin! Do you dare to stay out? Do y'all dare to go in? How much can you lose? How much tin can you win?

And if you go in, should you turn left or right…or correct-and-iii-quarters? Or, maybe, non quite? Or go around back and sneak in from backside? Uncomplicated it'southward not, I'thousand agape you will discover, for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.

You can get so confused that you'll start in to race down long wiggled roads at a break-necking stride and grind on for miles beyond weirdish wild space, headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.

The Waiting Place…for people just waiting.

Waiting for a train to get or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the telephone to band, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or No or waiting for their hair to abound. Everyone is just waiting.

Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to wing a kite or waiting around for Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake or a pot to eddy, or a Better Break or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance. Everyone is just waiting.

No! That'due south not for you!
Somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying. You'll notice the vivid places where Boom Bands are playing. With banner flip-flapping, once more you'll ride high! Prepare for anything under the sky. Set because y'all're that kind of a guy!

Oh, the places you'll go! In that location is fun to be done! At that place are points to be scored. There are games to exist won. And the magical things you can practice with that ball will brand you lot the winning-est winner of all. Fame! Y'all'll be famous as famous tin be, with the whole wide world watching y'all win on TV.

Except when they don't. Because, sometimes, they won't.

I'm afraid that some times you'll play alone games besides. Games you can't win 'crusade you'll play confronting y'all.

All Alone!
Whether you lot like it or not, Lonely will exist something you'll be quite a lot.

And when you're solitary, in that location's a very good run a risk you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants. There are some, downwardly the road between hither and yon, that tin can scare you so much you won't want to get on.

But on you will go though the weather exist foul. On yous will become though your enemies cruise. On you will go though the Hakken-Kraks howl. Onward up many a frightening creek, though your artillery may get sore and your sneakers may leak. On and on you volition hike. And I know you lot'll hike far and face up to your issues whatever they are.

You'll get mixed up, of grade, as you lot already know. You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So exist sure when you footstep. Step with care and corking tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. Simply never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your correct human foot with your left.

And volition you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.)

Child, you lot'll move mountains!
So…be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ale Van Allen O'Shea, you lot're off to Nifty Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So…become on your way!

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