The Sneetches and Other Stories Summary

The Sneetches and Other Stories Summary

The Sneetches

The story is cantered around the Sneetches, a group of yellow bird-like creatures. Some Sneetches have a star on their belly, thus making them special. The Sneetches without a star are discriminated against. Sylvester McMonkey McBean is a greedy entrepreneur who convinces the Sneetches without the stars to get a star tattoos if they pay him money. This makes the star Sneetches jealous and they pay him to have their star removed so they remain special. At the end, the Sneetches all remain penniless and McBean walks away a wealthy man.


Too Many Daves

Mrs McCave has twenty-three sons all named Dave and the story expresses her wishes of naming them something else. The names she wishes she had chosen are ridiculous sounding, like "Stinky," "Putt-Putt", "Buffalo Bil."



What Was I Scared Of?

This tells the story of a pair of pants that hang freely without being worn. This causes the unnamed narrator to be terrified of the pants. However, when he hears the pants cry one day, he realizes that the pants were also scared. The two end up becoming friends.

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