I’ve loved alliteration before I even knew what it was. I mean, who hasn’t read Horton Hears a Who ? In that book, Dr. Seuss writes, “‘I say!’ murmured Horton. ‘I’ve never heard tell of a small speck of dust that is able to yell. So you know what I think?…Why, I think that there must be someone on top of that small speck of dust! Some sort of creature of very small size, too small to be seen by an elephant's eyes…”
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