![]() a tweetle beetle noodle poodle bottled paddled muddled duddled fuddled wuddled fox in socks, sir! Knox then declares that the game is finished, thanking the Fox for the fun, and walks away while the beetles, a poodle, and the stunned Fox watch. ![]() Finally, after the Fox gives an extended dissertation on Tweetle Beetles who fight (battle) with paddles while standing in a puddle inside a bottle (a Tweetle Beetle Bottle Puddle Paddle Battle Muddle), Knox acts on his frustration by stuffing Fox into the bottle, reciting a tongue-twister of his own: When a fox is in the bottle where the tweetle beetles battle with their paddles in a puddle on a noodle-eating poodle, THIS is what they call. All are still in print and remain very popular over forty years after their initial publication. ![]() As the book progresses the Fox describes each situation with rhymes that progress in complexity, with Knox periodically complaining of the difficulty of the tongue-twisters. (1961), Hop On Pop (1963), and Fox in Socks (1965), each a monument in the picturebook industry, and also significant in the historical development of early readers. After taking those four rhyming items through several permutations, more items are added (chicks, bricks, blocks, clocks), and so on. Knox") along with some props (a box and a pair of socks). Cover of Fox In Socks / Green Eggs And Ham, 1965, Vinyl, Fox In Socks / Green Eggs And Ham. ![]() ![]() The book begins by introducing Fox and Knox (sometimes called "Mr. ![]()
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