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= = **Oh, the Places You'll Go!** = = **by Dr. Seuss** = = = = **Congratulations!** = = **Today is your day.** = = **You're off to Great Places!** = = **You're off and away!** = = = = **You have brains in your head.** = = **You have feet in your shoes** = = **You can steer yourself** = = **any direction you choose.** = = **You're on your own. And you know what you know.** = = **And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.** = = = = **You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.** = = **About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."** = = **With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,** = = **you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.** = = = = **And you may not find any** = = **you'll want to go down.** = = **In that case, of course,** = = **you'll head straight out of town.** = = = = **It's opener there** = = **in the wide open air.** = = = = **Out there things can happen** = = **and frequently do** = = **to people as brainy** = = **and footsy as you.** = = = = **And when things start to happen,** = = **don't worry. Don't stew.** = = **Just go right along.** = = **You'll start happening too.** = = = = **OH!** = = **THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!** = = = = **You'll be on your way up!** = = **You'll be seeing great sights!** = = **You'll join the high fliers** = = **who soar to high heights.** = = = = **You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.** = = **You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.** = = **Wherever you fly, you'll be the best of the best.** = = **Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.** = = = = **Except when you don't** = = **Because, sometimes, you won't.** = = = = **I'm sorry to say so** = = **but, sadly, it's true** = = **and Hang-ups** = = **can happen to you.** = = = = **You can get all hung up** = = **in a prickle-ly perch.** = = **And your gang will fly on.** = = **You'll be left in a Lurch.** = = = = **You'll come down from the Lurch** = = **with an unpleasant bump.** = = **And the chances are, then,** = = **that you'll be in a Slump.** = = = = **And when you're in a Slump,** = = **you're not in for much fun.** = = **Un-slumping yourself** = = **is not easily done.** = = = = **You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.** = = **Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked.** = = **A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!** = = **Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?** = = **How much can you lose? How much can you win?** = = = = **And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...** = = **or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?** = = **Or go around back and sneak in from behind?** = = **Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,** = = **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 pace** = = **and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,** = = **headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.** = = **The Waiting Place...** = = = = **...for people just waiting.** = = **Waiting for a train to go** = = **or a bus to come, or a plane to go** = = **or the mail to come, or the rain to go** = = **or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow** = = **or waiting around for a Yes or a No** = = **or waiting for their hair to grow.** = = **Everyone is just waiting.** = = = = **Waiting for the fish to bite** = = **or waiting for wind to fly a kite** = = **or waiting around for Friday night** = = **or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake** = = **or a pot to boil, 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's not for you!** = = = = **Somehow you'll escape** = = **all that waiting and staying.** = = **You'll find the bright places** = = **where Boom Bands are playing.** = = = = **With banner flip-flapping,** = = **once more you'll ride high!** = = **Ready for anything under the sky.** = = **Ready because you're that kind of a guy!** = = = = **Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!** = = **There are points to be scored. there are games to be won.** = = **And the magical things you can do with that ball** = = **will make you the winning-est winner of all.** = = **Fame! You'll be famous as famous can be,** = = **with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.** = = = = **Except when they don't.** = = **Because, sometimes, they won't.** = = = = **I'm afraid that some times** = = **you'll play lonely games too.** = = **Games you can't win** = = **'cause you'll play against you.** = = = = **All Alone!** = = **Whether you like it or not,** = = **Alone will be something** = = **you'll be quite a lot.** = = = = **And when you're alone, there's a very good chance** = = **you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.** = = **There are some, down the road between hither and yon,** = = **that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.** = = = = **But on you will go** = = **though the weather be foul** = = **On you will go** = = **though your enemies prowl** = = **On you will go** = = **though the Hakken-Kraks howl** = = **Onward up many** = = **a frightening creek,** = = **though your arms may get sore** = = **and your sneakers may leak.** = = = = **On and on you will hike** = = **and I know you'll hike far** = = **and face up to your problems** = = **whatever they are.** = = = = **You'll get mixed up, of course,** = = **as you already know.** = = **You'll get mixed up** = = **with many strange birds as you go.** = = **So be sure when you step.** = = **Step with care and great tact** = = **and remember that Life's** = = **a Great Balancing Act.** = = **Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.** = = **And never mix up your right foot with your left.** = = = = **And will you succeed?** = = **Yes! You will, indeed!** = = **(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)** = = = = **KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!** = = = = **So...** = = **be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray** = = **or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,** = = **you're off to Great Places!** = = **Today is your day!** = = **Your mountain is waiting.** = = **So...get on your way!** = =

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