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* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: When Marco adds a magician to the parade he's imagining, said magician appears wearing a tuxedo and pulling rabbits from his top hat.

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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: When Marco decides that a reindeer and a sleigh is too prosaic, he decides to make the cart-puller a huge blue elephant instead. Elephants do not come in blue.



* BookEnds: The story begins with Marco noting that despite obeying his father's instructions to keep his eyes open, all he's noticed on his trip home is a horse and a wagon on Mulberry Street. After Marco spends most of the book imagining something more exciting, the end shows him telling his father about the horse and wagon.



* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: When Marco adds a magician to the parade, he appears pulling rabbits from his top hat.

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* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: When Marco adds a magician to the parade, he parade he's imagining, said magician appears wearing a tuxedo and pulling rabbits from his top hat.
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You can listen to an 1941 [[https://archive.org/details/78_and-to-think-that-i-saw-it-on-mulberry-street-part-2_sterling-holloway-harry-sosnik_gbia0049929/01+-+And+to+Think+That+I+Saw+It+on+Mulberry+-+Sterling+Holloway.flac radio version]] read by Creator/SterlingHalloway.

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You can listen to an 1941 [[https://archive.org/details/78_and-to-think-that-i-saw-it-on-mulberry-street-part-2_sterling-holloway-harry-sosnik_gbia0049929/01+-+And+to+Think+That+I+Saw+It+on+Mulberry+-+Sterling+Holloway.flac radio version]] read by Creator/SterlingHalloway.
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* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: When Marco adds a magician to the parade, he appears pulling rabbits from his top hat.
* RealitySubtext: As Seuss became more successful and famous, it became clear that he didn’t need to stretch much for this story, being perfectly willing to obfuscate details about his own life to make for a better story.

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* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: When Marco adds a magician to the parade, he appears pulling rabbits from his top hat.
* RealitySubtext: As Seuss became more successful and famous, it became clear that he didn’t need to stretch much for this story, being perfectly willing to obfuscate details about his own life to make for a better story.
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You can listen to an 1941 [[https://archive.org/details/78_and-to-think-that-i-saw-it-on-mulberry-street-part-2_sterling-holloway-harry-sosnik_gbia0049929/01+-+And+to+Think+That+I+Saw+It+on+Mulberry+-+Sterling+Holloway.flac radio version]] read by Creator/SterlingHalloway.
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* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: When Marco adds a magician to the parade, he appears pulling rabbits from his top hat.

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* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: When Marco adds a magician to the parade, he appears pulling rabbits from his top hat.hat.
* RealitySubtext: As Seuss became more successful and famous, it became clear that he didn’t need to stretch much for this story, being perfectly willing to obfuscate details about his own life to make for a better story.
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* FantasyForbiddingFather: Marco's father warns him not to make up wild stories.


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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Marco turns a horse and cart into a fanciful parade in his mind.
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''And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street'' is a 1937 picture book by Creator/DrSeuss. The book marked the author's debut into children's literature and set the stage for many beloved works to follow.

Marco, an imaginative schoolboy on his way home, turns a horse and cart into a marvelous story.
!! This book includes examples of the following tropes:
* BigFun: Marco eventually turns the horse into a large, mighty elephant with eyes full of fun.
* GenialGiraffe: When Marco decides he's too heavily loaded the elephant in his story, he gives him two smiling giraffes as helpers.
* ImagineSpot: Almost the whole book takes place inside Marco's head as the horse and wagon he saw on his way home morphs into a grand parade.
* MrImagination: According to the beginning of the book, Marco's invention of a spectacular scene from something commonplace isn't an isolated instance. His father scolds him for seeing nonexistent things and telling wild stories.
* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: When Marco adds a magician to the parade, he appears pulling rabbits from his top hat.

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