{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "dr-seuss-four-questions-0", "title": "Dr. Seuss' Four Questions", "author": "Sarah Howard", "author_handle": "sarah-howard", "author_initials": "SH", "covertext": "Why is it only on Passover night we never know how to do anything right? We don't eat our meals in the regular ways, the...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104536/conversions/profile10100218137053671-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104536/profile10100218137053671", "body": "Why is it only\non Passover night\nwe never know how\nto do anything right?\nWe don't eat our meals\nin the regular ways,\nthe ways that we do\non all other days.\n\n'Cause on all other nights\nwe may eat\nall kinds of wonderful\ngood bready treats,\nlike big purple pizza\nthat tastes like a pickle,\ncrumbly crackers\nand pink pumpernickel,\nsassafras sandwich\nand tiger on rye,\nfifty felafels in pita,\nfresh-fried,\nwith peanut-butter\nand tangerine sauce\nspread onto each side\nup-and-down, then across,\nand toasted whole-wheat bread\nwith liver and ducks,\nand crumpets and dumplings,\nand bagels and lox,\nand doughnuts with one hole\nand doughnuts with four,\nand cake with six layers\nand windows and doors.\nYes--\non all other nights\nwe eat all kinds of bread,\nbut tonight of all nights\nwe munch matzo instead.\n\nAnd on all other nights\nwe devour\nvegetables, green things,\nand bushes and flowers,\nlettuce that's leafy\nand candy-striped spinach,\nfresh silly celery\n(Have more when you're finished!)\ncabbage that's flown\nfrom the jungles of Glome\nby a polka-dot bird\nwho can't find his way home,\ndaisies and roses\nand inside-out grass\nand artichoke hearts\nthat are simply first class!\nSixty asparagus tips\nserved in glasses\nwith anchovy sauce\nand some sticky molasses--\nBut on Passover night\nyou would never consider\neating an herb\nthat wasn't all bitter.\n\nAnd on all other nights\nyou would probably flip\nif anyone asked you\nhow often you dip.\nOn some days I only dip\none Bup-Bup egg\nin a teaspoon of vinegar\nmixed with nutmeg,\nbut sometimes we take\nmore than ten thousand tails\nof the Yakkity-birds\nthat are hunted in Wales,\nand dip them in vats\nfull of Mumbegum juice.\nThen we feed them to Harold,\nour six-legged moose.\nOr we don't dip at all!\nWe don't ask your advice.\nSo why on this night\ndo we have to dip twice?\nAnd on all other nights\nwe can sit as we please,\non our heads, on our elbows,\nour backs or our knees,\nor hang by our toes\nfrom the tail of a Glump,\nor on top of a camel\nwith one or two humps,\nwith our foot on the table,\nour nose on the floor,\nwith one ear in the window\nand one out the door,\ndoing somersaults\nover the greasy k'nishes\nor dancing a jig\nwithout breaking the dishes.\nYes--\non all other nights\nyou sit nicely when dining--\nSo why on this night\nmust it all be reclining?", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "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": 171, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Dr. Seuss' Four Questions | Passover haggadah by Sarah Howard", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/dr-seuss-four-questions-0", "og:title": "Dr. Seuss' Four Questions | Passover haggadah by Sarah Howard", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, "contributed_by": { "author": "Sarah Howard", "handle": "sarah-howard", "author_initials": "SH", "total_books": 1, "total_clips": 1, "total_followers": 0, "is_following": 0 }, "user_book": null, "clips_by_author": [], "clip_remake_history": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Dr. Seuss' Four Questions | Passover haggadah by Sarah Howard", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/dr-seuss-four-questions-0", "og:title": "Dr. Seuss' Four Questions | Passover haggadah by Sarah Howard", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } }