A Brief Summary Of Dr. Suess The Butter Battle

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The Butter Battle Book The book The Butter Battle, by Dr. Suess, is about 2 nations of people named the Yooks and the Zooks and why they separated themselves over one simple concept; they butter and eat their toast differently. The Yooks eat their toast butter-side up, and the Zooks eat their toast butter-side down. They look exactly the same, except for their clothing, but they consider themselves completely different. Both sides decided to build a wall, and both have a border patrol. The Yooks’ border Patrol has a snickle-berry switch, which he threatens the Zooks with to keep them away. But when the Zooks’ border patrol breaks his switch with a slingshot, it creates a chain of constant weapon upgrades between both sides. Each time the

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