![]() ![]() Sarah Stout’s refusal to take out the garbage even after it piles higher and higher eventually results in neighbors moving away and friends no longer coming over to play. The tale of the little girl who refused to obey her father’s orders to take the garbage out provides insight into why children continue to find Silverstein’s poems entertaining. Only he finds out that heaven isn’t what he thought it would be and one night he crawls out of his grave to announce that death just isn’t for him. In a retelling of the tall-tale lumberjack hero, the larger-than-life Paul age to an old man of 90 and decides it’s time to die. In 1968, the song made it all the way to number 2 on the Billboard charts on its way to selling 8 million copies. The poem titled “The Unicorn” became the lyrics for a song recorded by the Irish Rovers. The unicorn is actually one of the most famous characters in the book, although not everybody is aware of it. Written by Timothy Sexton, Sally Rose, Cheyenne Spires, cass hendrix We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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