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And i saw it on mulberry street6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() The truth is, Mulberry Street is a place that Marco probably sees everyday. "But a plain horse and wagon on Mulberry Street." (121-122) "Nothing," I said, growing red as a beet, And when his dad asks what he's seen, he responds with just that mundane detail: It's the route that Marco takes to get home, and he admits that all that he sees as he walks home (initially) is a wagon and a horse. In the book, Mulberry Street is a pretty normal suburban street. He probably even rode on the trolley past the street when he was going to school-and who knows what he dreamed up going to and from school as a kid. Mulberry Street also has special significance because when Seuss himself was growing up in Springfield, Massachusetts, he lived quite close to a Mulberry Street. ![]() After all, the title is And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, and Marco exclaims with delight at the end:įOR I HAD A STORY THAT NO ONE COULD BEAT!ĪND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET! (110-111) The setting for this story is quite obvious-it all happens on Mulberry Street, of course. ![]()
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