How the Grinch Stole the OSP
by Rob and Julie Brown

A short time ago, on top of Mt. Lookout,
Lived  a Grinch who maintained a very poor outlook.
His outlook was broad, he could see near and far,
but the problem was he loathed all he saw.
And he loathed nothing more than the Whos down in Scopeville.

The Grinch hated them all, all their scopes and their ladders,
all their tents and red flashlights and filters and mirrors.
He hated their tools for enhancing their sight,
And he hated most of all that they'd carry on all night.
Each year the Grinch sat on top of Mt. Lookout, outlooking the looks he'd be seeing in Scopeville.

He sat and he watched and he sat sat sat sat.
From the tops of his toes to the bottom of his hat,
the Grinch hated those Whos. Then he said, "That is That!
Those Whos got to go! They must go nothing flat!"

So he slithered down Mt. Lookout with his best chainsaw Mac,
to the middle of Scopeville, where he began his attack.
He began at once on the tree they call Rob,
"Cut it down," the Grinch thought, "Cut it down to a knob."

So he sawed and he sawed and he sawed sawed sawed sawed
and down the tree came, and he left with a nod.
"That'll stop them," he sneered, "They'll never come back!
When they round that bend, they'll have heart attacks!"
Back on Mt. Lookout, the Grinch waited with glee to see all those Whos crying over a tree.

But the Whos came back, they came back in packs!
They clearly, quite clearly, had no heart attacks.
They came back with their scopes and their ladders and charts,
red flashlights, tents, and binocular parts.
They even brought vendors selling espresso and snacks!

The Grinch was stunned, he was stunned to the core, then he thought,
"Maybe, just maybe, the OSP means a bit more."

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