Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out

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“Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out”
“The Fall of the Hindenburg”
“The Courage That My Mother Had”
“Animal Helmets”

SARAH CYNTHIA SYLVIA STOUT
WOULD NOT TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Would not take the garbage out!
She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans,
Candy the yams and spice the hams,
And though her daddy would scream and shout,
She simply would not take the garbage out.
And so it piled up to the ceilings:
Coffee grounds, potato peelings,
Brown bananas, rotten peas,
Chunks of sour cottage cheese.
It filled the can, it covered the floor,
It cracked the window and blocked the door
With bacon rinds and chicken bones,
Drippy ends of ice cream cones,
Prune pits, peach pits, orange peel,
Gloppy glumps of cold oatmeal,
Pizza crusts and withered greens,
Soggy beans and tangerines,
Crusts of black burned buttered toast,
Gristly bits of beefy roasts. . .
The garbage rolled on down the hall,
It raised the roof, it broke the wall. . .
Greasy napkins, cookie crumbs,
Globs of gooey bubble gum,
Cellophane from green baloney,
Rubbery blubbery macaroni,
Peanut butter, caked and dry,
Curdled milk and crusts of pie,
Moldy melons, dried-up mustard,
Eggshells mixed with lemon custard,
Cold french fried and rancid meat,
Yellow lumps of Cream of Wheat.
At last the garbage reached so high
That it finally touched the sky.
And all the neighbors moved away,
And none of her friends would come to play.
And finally Sarah Cynthia Stout said,
"OK, I'll take the garbage out!"
But then, of course, it was too late. . .
The garbage reached across the state,
From New York to the Golden Gate.
And there, in the garbage she did hate,
Poor Sarah met an awful fate,
That I cannot now relate
Because the hour is much too late.
But children, remember Sarah Stout
And always take the garbage out!

Shel Silverstein, 1974

The Fall of the Hindenburg

Michael Morrison

On May 6, 1937, the German airship Hindenburg burst intoflames 200 feet over itsintended landing spot at New Jersey's Lakehurst Naval Air Station. Thirty-five people on board were killed (13 passengers and 22 crewmen), along with one crewman on the ground.

1803 Feet Long and 242 Tons The giant flying vessel measured803.8 feet in length and weighed approximately 242 tons. Itsmostly metal frame was filled with hydrogen. It came complete with sleeping quarters, a library, dining room, and a magnificent lounge, but still managed a top speed of just over 80 milesper hour. The zeppelin had just crossed the Atlantic Oceanafter taking off from Frankfurt, Germany 21/2 days prior on its first transatlantic voyage of the season. Thirty-six passengers and a crew of 61 were on board.

Disaster Strikes As it reached its final destination in NewJersey, It hovered over Its landing spot and was beginning tobe pulled down to the ground by landing lines by over

200 crewmen when disaster struck. A burst of flame started just forward of the upper fin, then blossomed into an inferno that engulfed the Hindenburg's tall.

"Oh, the Humanity!"Many jumped from the burning craft,landed on the soft sand of the naval base below, and lived totell about it; others weren't so lucky. Herb Morrison, a reporter for WLS Radio in Chicago, happened to be covering the eventand cried out the now famous words, "Oh, the Humanity!" Themajestic ship turned into a ball offlames on the ground in only34 seconds.

Unknown Cause The cause of the disaster is still uncertain. Atthe time, many thought the ship had been hit by lightning.Many still believe that the highly flammable hydrogen was thecause. Some Germans even cried foul play, suspecting sabotage intended to sully the reputation of the Nazi regime. NASAresearch, however, has shown that the highly combustible varnish treating the fabric on the outside of the vessel most likely caused the tragedy.

The Courage That My Mother Had

The courage that my mother had
Went with her, and is with her still:
Rock from New England quarried;
Now granite in a granite hill.
The golden brooch my mother wore (5)
She left behind for me to wear;
I have no thing I treasure more:
Yet, it is something I could spare.
Oh, if instead she'd left to me
The thing she took into the grave!--(10)
That courage like a rock, which she
Has no more need of, and I have.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

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