Jelly Babies: Adapted From Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham"

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One jelly baby, two jelly baby, red jelly baby, blue jelly baby!

Sweet jelly baby, sour jelly baby, deformed jelly baby, newborn jelly baby!
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That Doctor-I-am! Always running here and there! Always running everywhere!

Would you like a jelly baby?

I would not like one, Doctor-I-am. Of sweets and candy treats I am not a fan.

Would you eat them in my blue box? Would you eat them in the company of old timey clocks?

Not in your blue box!
Not in the company of old timey clocks!
I would not like a jelly baby, Doctor-I-am. Of sweets and candy treats I am not a fan.

Would you? Could you? In Bessy, my dear old car? Taste them! Taste them! Delicious they are!

I would not, could not, in your ugly, yellow car!

You would like them! Just one taste and see! You would like them, I guarantee!

I would not, could not, you'll wait and see! Not in your broken down car! You let me be! I do not like them in your blue box. I do not like them in the company of old timey clocks! I would not like a jelly baby, Doctor-I-am. Of sweets and candy treats I am not a fan.

Insane! Insane! Insane! Insane! Could you, would you, if you were deemed clinically insane?

Not if I were clinically insane! Soon you'll see! Not in that bucket of bolts you call a car! Doctor! Let me be! I would not, could not, in your blue box! I could not, would not, in the company of old timey clocks! I would not like a jelly baby, Doctor-I-am. Of sweets and candy treats I am not a fan.

Say now chap! In the pitch black dark! Here in the pitch black dark! Would you, could you, in the pitch black dark?

I would not, could not, in the pitch black dark!

Would you, could you, with my dearest friend Sarah Jane?

I would not, could not, with well known journalist, Sarah Jane! Not in the pitch black dark! Not if I were clinically insane! Not in your rusty mustard car! I'd wish you'd see! I do not like them and would not want them if they were free! Not in your blue box! Not in the company of old timey clocks! Oh goodness me! Golly gee! How many times must I say it for you to see?

You wouldn't like a jelly baby?

I would not like a jelly baby, Doctor-I-am.

Could you, would you, while reading a letter I wrote?

I would not, could not, while reading a letter you wrote!

Would you, could you, on the Queen's private boat?

I could not, would not, on the Queen's fancy boat! I will not, will not, while reading a stupid letter you wrote! I will not eat them with acclaimed journalist Sarah Jane! I will not eat them when I am deemed clinically insane! Not in the pitch black dark! Why can't you see? Not in that tin can on wheels you call a car! You let me be! I do not like them in your blue box! I do not like them in the company of old timey clocks! Oh dear! Why me? Bother someone else! I'm losing my patience! Can't you see? I would not like a jelly baby, Doctor-I-am. Of sweets and candy treats I am not a fan.

You are not a fan, eh? Or so you say! Taste them! Taste them! And then you just may! Taste them and you just may, I say!

Doctor! If you will let me be, put on the kettle, I'll need some tea. I will taste them. I will taste these silly jelly babies. You will see.

Here, here!

Say, hey! This can't possibly be!

What?

I do say! I like jelly babies! I would fancy another if you have a few to spare! How delightful! What a wonder to share! Why I could even go so far to gloat! And I would eat them on the Queen's private boat! And I would eat them while reading that letter you wrote! And I will eat them with your friend Sarah Jane! And in the pitch black dark! And especially if I were clinically insane! And in your lovely sun kissed car! Now I see! They are so good, so good, indeed! So I will eat them in your blue box! And I will eat them in the company of old timey clocks! I would like more jellybabies, of sweets and candy treats I am a fan! Thank you! Thank you, Doctor-I-am!

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