Dr. Seuss wrote some great rationality stories for children. I Had Trouble In Getting To Solla Sollew, The Sneeches, and The Butter Battle Book, just off the top of my head.
I can offer a rationalist jump-rope couplet:
A long walk starts with a single step,
Solve the first problem first and the next one next.
One, two, three, four...
The beats seem wrong for jump-rope—or have I got that wrong?
This bit works:
a LONG walk STARTS with a SING-le STEP
But then it gets messy:
SOLVE the first PROB-lem first AND the NEXT one NEXT
It’s the “problem first” section that has to get squished into a single beat that’d be tough…
Doable—but doesn’t “feel natural”, so it probably wouldn’t get used.
Dr. Seuss wrote some great rationality stories for children. I Had Trouble In Getting To Solla Sollew, The Sneeches, and The Butter Battle Book, just off the top of my head.
I can offer a rationalist jump-rope couplet: A long walk starts with a single step, Solve the first problem first and the next one next. One, two, three, four...
The beats seem wrong for jump-rope—or have I got that wrong?
This bit works:
a LONG walk STARTS with a SING-le STEP
But then it gets messy:
SOLVE the first PROB-lem first AND the NEXT one NEXT
It’s the “problem first” section that has to get squished into a single beat that’d be tough… Doable—but doesn’t “feel natural”, so it probably wouldn’t get used.
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Yeah—that scans much better :)
Could even be sung:
take the FIRST step FIRST and the NEXT one NEXT
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