McElligot's Pool
by Dr. Seuss
4.2
Open LibraryFirst lines
Young man," laughed the farmer, "You're sort of a fool!
Young man," laughed the farmer, "You're sort of a fool!
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"Young man," laughed the farmer, "You're sort of a fool! You'll never catch fish in McElligot's Pool!" "Hmmm" answered Marco, "It may be you're right. I've been here three hours without one single bite. There might be no fish, but again, well, there might!" A boy imagines the rare and wonderful fish he might catch in McElligot's pool.
Themes & subjects
Stories in rhymeJuvenile fictionReading ResourcesFishingChildren's storiesFiction
First published 1981About the author
Dr. Seuss
March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on in Springfield, Massachusetts to German-American parents. He attended public schools and then went to Dartmouth College, where he became editor of the Dartmouth _Jack-O-Lantern_. When he was barred from all extracurricular activities, he continued to write for the paper using the pseudonym "Seuss." After he graduated he became a contributor to the magazine The Judge, and began to sign his work as "Dr. Seuss." He attended Lincoln College, Oxford to earn a D.Phil in literature, but married Helen Palmer in 1927 and returned to the United States without earning the degree. He published humorous articles and illustrations in _The Judge_, _The Saturday Evening…
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