Pop Smart - Xmas gag gift 2: The unedited text of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
In the spirit of holiday giving, PopSmart is proud to present to you the long-lost final passages of the original text of the classic children’s book How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, before editorial tampering made it more commercial:
... 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 it sounded ... mad!