{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "dr-seuss-four-questions", "title": "Dr. Seuss' Four Questions", "author": "Guy Mann", "author_handle": "guydmann", "author_initials": "GM", "covertext": "The Four QuestionsWhy is it onlyon Passover nightwe never know howto do anything right?We don't eat our mealsin the regu...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p>The Four Questions</p><p>Why is it only<br />on Passover night<br />we never know how<br />to do anything right?<br />We don't eat our meals<br />in the regular ways,<br />the ways that we do<br />on all other days.</p><p>'Cause on all other nights<br />we may eat<br />all kinds of wonderful<br />good bready treats,<br />like big purple pizza<br />that tastes like a pickle,<br />crumbly crackers<br />and pink pumpernickel,<br />sassafras sandwich<br />and tiger on rye,<br />fifty felafels in pita,<br />fresh-fried,<br />with peanut-butter<br />and tangerine sauce<br />spread onto each side<br />up-and-down, then across,<br />and toasted whole-wheat bread<br />with liver and ducks,<br />and crumpets and dumplings,<br />and bagels and lox,<br />and doughnuts with one hole<br />and doughnuts with four,<br />and cake with six layers<br />and windows and doors.<br />Yes--<br />on all other nights<br />we eat all kinds of bread,<br />but tonight of all nights<br />we munch matzo instead.</p><p>And on all other nights<br />we devour<br />vegetables, green things,<br />and bushes and flowers,<br />lettuce that's leafy<br />and candy-striped spinach,<br />fresh silly celery<br />(Have more when you're finished!)<br />cabbage that's flown<br />from the jungles of Glome<br />by a polka-dot bird<br />who can't find his way home,<br />daisies and roses<br />and inside-out grass<br />and artichoke hearts<br />that are simply first class!<br />Sixty asparagus tips<br />served in glasses<br />with anchovy sauce<br />and some sticky molasses--<br />But on Passover night<br />you would never consider<br />eating an herb<br />that wasn't all bitter.</p><p>And on all other nights<br />you would probably flip<br />if anyone asked you<br />how often you dip.<br />On some days I only dip<br />one Bup-Bup egg<br />in a teaspoon of vinegar<br />mixed with nutmeg,<br />but sometimes we take<br />more than ten thousand tails<br />of the Yakkity-birds<br />that are hunted in Wales,<br />and dip them in vats<br />full of Mumbegum juice.<br />Then we feed them to Harold,<br />our six-legged moose.<br />Or we don't dip at all!<br />We don't ask your advice.<br />So why on this night<br />do we have to dip twice?</p><p>And on all other nights<br />we can sit as we please,<br />on our heads, on our elbows,<br />our backs or our knees,<br />or hang by our toes<br />from the tail of a Glump,<br />or on top of a camel<br />with one or two humps,<br />with our foot on the table,<br />our nose on the floor,<br />with one ear in the window<br />and one out the door,<br />doing somersaults<br />over the greasy k'nishes<br />or dancing a jig<br />without breaking the dishes.<br />Yes--<br />on all other nights<br />you sit nicely when dining--<br />So why on this night<br />must it all be reclining?</p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Uncle_Eli/Eli.html", "featured": 1, "featuredIn": { "title": "Our Favorites For Families", "slug": "our-favorites-families", "author": "Haggadot" }, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Four Questions", "slug": "four-questions" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 663, "tags": [ { "tag": "Entertainment", "slug": "entertainment" }, { "tag": "Pop Culture", "slug": "pop-culture" } ], "themes": [ { "theme": "Entertainment", "slug": "entertainment" } ], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Dr. Seuss' Four Questions | Passover haggadah by Guy Mann", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. 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