Lesson Pt 1
Mean One (Grinch)
[song, Thurl Ravenscrot, Grinch]
Getting Started
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You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
You really are a heel.
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You're as cuddly as a cactus, 
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you're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch.
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You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel.
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You're a monster, Mr. Grinch.
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Your heart's an empty hole.
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Your brain is full of spiders, 
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you've got garlic in your soul, Mr. Grinch.
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I wouldn't touch you with a thirty-nine-and-a-half-foot pole.
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You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch.
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You have termites in your smile.
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You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile, Mr. Grinch.
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Given a choice between the two of you...
I'd take the seasick crocodile.

You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch.
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You're a nasty-wasty skunk.
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Your heart is full of unwashed socks, 
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your soul is full of gunk, Mr. Grinch.
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The three words that best describe you are as follows,
and I quote, "Stink, stank, stunk".

You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch.
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You're the king of sinful sots.
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Your heart's a dead tomato splotched with moldy purple spots, Mr. Grinch.
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Your soul is an appalling dump heap.
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overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment.
 of deplorable rubbish imaginable.
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 Mangled up in tangled up knots.
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You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch.  With a nauseous super naus.
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You're a crooked, jerky jockey.
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And you drive a crooked horse, Mr. Grinch.
You're a three decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich with arsenic sauce.
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[The End]
Comprehension Questions
  1. Describe a cactus.
  2. Describe an eel.
  3. Would you eat a black banana? Explain.
  4. Describe any kind of monster that you can imagine.
  5. What do you know about crocodiles? Are you afraid of them? Explain.
  6. Have you ever been seasick or had motion sickness (e.g. car, bus)?
  7. You are walking in the woods and you come upon a skunk, what do you do? Have you ever smelled a skunk? If so, describe the smell. If not, describe the smell of something bad to your partner?
  8. Describe a dump heap.
  9. Have you ever been nauseated? Try describing the feeling you get.
  10. Have you ever had a three-decker sandwich? (hint: chain restaurant)
Discussion
  1. Talk about why you think some people are mean or unpleasant to others.