How did the Grinch steal summer?

Answer 1

The Grinch didn't steal Summer, but Christmas. In Dr. Seusse's famous children's story, he lived in a cave above a peaceful, happy village called Whoville, whose inhabitants were midgets called (not surprisingly) the Who's.

The Grinch was a grumpy, curmudgeonly old creature who didn't like anybody else to have a nice time, so on Christmas Eve he set about trying to sabotage the Who's Christmas. Disguising himself as Snta Claus, he snuck from house to house in the village stealing everything that the Who's had prepared for their Christmas- presents, cards, decorations, food, even the fuel for their log fires! Once he'd done this, he loaded it all onto a big sledge and got his old dog Max to tow the lot up to the top of a high mountain, where he made ready to push the load over a precipice to be smashed to bits in the valley below.

BUT, just as he was bout to do this, he heard the Who's singing Christmas carols in their village far below. He realised that Christmas is not a material thing that depends on presents and feasting, but a warm feeling of love towards one's fellow people that is meant to last all year round. Deeply moved by this, he sheds tears at his badness and repents- with a complete change of heart, he turns the sledge round and races pell-mell with Max back down to the village, where he returns everybody's things and begs the Who's forgiveness, which they give willingly. The story ends with the Grinch being star guest at the village Christmas party, where he gets to carve the roast himself!!