Meet Gertrude
- Just like in "Yertle the Turtle," Dr. Seuss begins this second story with a classic line from traditional storytelling: "There once was a girl…"
- What does this do? The same thing as the last one. It suspends us in a time and place away from our own. So this gal, Gertrude McFuzz, she couldn't possibly be us.
- Right?
- Recap: Gertrude McFuzz is a girl and a bird. And she has a small, plain tail.