The readers just have fun exploring the wacky images and rhymes. Free Play Option: Another two-player mode, only you don't bother keeping score.Hot Potato Mode: Just like two-player mode, only the person to reach the end is declared the winner.When one messes up, the other takes over. Two-player Mode: Our personal favorite at the Shmoop office.Keep ice water on standby for sprained tongues. The Speed Run: The whole book, no mess ups, and as fast as you can.Subtract one point per messed up line, and good luck. Hard Mode: There are 244 lines in the poem.Go for broke, and while you're at it, the high score. For every stanza your tongue trips up on, subtract one point. High Score Mode: There are fifty-eight stanzas in the book.Here are a couple of our favorite modes of play: The tongue twisters on the page are meant to challenge the reader while also being enjoyable, and you only get better as you play.Īs a bonus, Fox in Socks can be played by yourself or with your family and friends. Is One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish just about silly rhymes or is it about exploring a child's sense of wonder? Are the Sneetches just pot-bellied birds, or are they a warning against prejudice and capitalism? Thankfully, Seuss takes the guesswork out of Fox in Socks.īoth Fox and Knox refer to their word-bending endeavors as a "game" (31.4, 58.2), and that's exactly what Fox in Socks is really about: making language and reading a game. Sometimes Seuss can be sneaky with what his books are really about.
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