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沙滩上住着一群史尼奇,有的肚皮上有颗星星,有的却没有。就是这么微小的一个差别,却让星肚史尼奇趾高气扬,在他们眼中,肚皮上没有星的史尼奇好像不存在一样,不仅大人之间不交往,孩子们也从小就不在一起玩。可是有一天,狡猾的老麦克猴给他们上了一课。老麦克猴的机器,一会儿贴星,一会儿去星,折腾得不亦乐乎。最终,史尼奇们认识到,史尼奇就是史尼奇,不管有星还是没星。尽管他们的财富被骗走了,但他们却明白了一个重要的道理:抛弃歧视,平等待人。本书写于上世纪六十年代,是美国反对种族歧视风起云涌之时。反对歧视的理由很多,而这个故事的最高明之处,就在于它用孩子都能够读懂的情节说明,歧视是荒谬和愚蠢的。故事设计精妙,老麦克猴的精明商头脑将歧视的荒谬本质揭露无遗。故事的高潮就是沙滩上那一幕,史尼奇大摆长龙,排队贴星,紧接着,又排队去星,两条长龙排成了八字,一进一出,老麦克猴的钞票堆成一座小山,史尼奇却被自己的愚昧摆布,直到花光了最后一分钱。"Now,theStar-BellySneetches/Hadbellieswithstars./ThePlain-BellySneetches/Hadnoneuponthars."ThiscollectionoffourofDr.Seuss'smostwinningstoriesbeginswiththatunforgettabletaleoftheunfortunateSneetches,bamboozledbyoneSylvesterMcMonkeyMcBean("theFix-it-upChappie"),whoteachesthemthatpointlessprejudicecanbecostly.FollowingtheSneetches,aSouth-GoingZaxandaNorth-GoingZaxseemdeterminedtobuttheadsontheprairieofPrax.Thenthere'sthetongue-twistingstoryofMrs.McCave--youknow,theonewhohad23sonsandnamedthemallDave.(Sherealizesthatshe'dbefarlessconfusedhadshegiventhemdifferentnames,likeMarvinO'GravelBalloonFaceorZanzibarBuck-BuckMcFate.)Aslightlyspookyadventureinvolvingapairofhauntedtrousers--"WhatwasIscaredof?"--closesoutthecollection.SneetchesandOtherStoriesisSeussathisbest,withdistinctivelywackyillustrationsandingeniouslyweirdprose.(Ages4to8)--PaulHughes--ThistextreferstotheLibraryBindingedition.ReviewDr.Seussignitesachild'simaginationwithhismischievouscharactersandzanyverses.TheExpress