No one in our family graduated from childhood without hearing Uncle George tell us why fire engines are red. We gave him sole credit until in my adulthood I was going through an old book and found the original version. I have since lost that book, but here is a version I found online:
Why are fire engines red?
- Because they've got 8 wheels and 4 people on them
- 8 + 4 = 12
- There are 12 inches in a foot
- One foot is a ruler
- There was a ruler named Queen Elizabeth
- A ship named Queen Elizabeth sails the seas
- In the seas are fish
- On the fish are fins
- The Fins fought the Russians
- And Russians are red.
And that's why fire engines are red. Because they're always rushin'
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