‘Green Eggs and Ham’ is a book by Dr. Seuss. It was first published in 1960, and as of 2001, was the fourth-best-selling English language children’s book of all time.
The plot centres around Joey who refuses to eat green eggs and ham. One sunny morning, Mr. Sam asks Joey to eat his breakfast-green eggs and ham.
Joey tells him that he doesn’t like that food at all by saying, “I do not like green eggs and ham”. Sam continues to ask Joey if he would eat that food in and on eight different locations (house, box, car, tree, train, dark, rain, and boat) and with Sam’s three different animals (mouse, fox and goat), but Joey still refuses by saying, “I do not like them here (this place) or there (the other place). I do not like them anywhere”.
Finally, he gives into Sam’s pestering, and tries the green eggs and ham; Joey is so surprised to find that he does like them after all.
‘Green Eggs and Ham’ is loved by children around the globe.
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