The Cat in the Hat Strikes Back



The sun did not shine.

It was too wet to play.

So she sat in the house

All that cold, cold, wet day.



She just sat in a chair

All alone, by herself.

As she watched the paint dry

<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">On her brand new bookshelf.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Too wet to go out

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And too cold to play ball.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">As she sat in the house,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And did nothing at all.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And then

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Something went BUMP!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">How that bump made her jump!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">She looked!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Then she saw him step in on that mat!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">She looked!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And she saw him!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The Cat in the Hat!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And he said to her,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Why do you sit there like that?”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“I know it is wet

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And the sun is not sunny.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">But we can have

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Lots of good fun that is funny!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“I know some good games we could play,”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Said the cat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“I know some good tricks,”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Said the Cat in the Hat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“A lot of good tricks.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">I will show them to you.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Your mother

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Will not mind at all if I do.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">She sat there and she

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Did not know what to say.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Her mother was out of the house

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">For the day.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">But her fish said, “No! No!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Make that cat go away!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Tell that Cat in the Hat

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">You do NOT want to play.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">He should not be here.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">He should not be about.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">He should not be here

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">When your mother is out!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Now! Now! Have no fear.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Have no fear!” said the cat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“My tricks are not bad,”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Said the Cat in the Hat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Why, we can have

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Lots of good fun, if you wish,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">With a game that I call

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Let’s get rid of the fish!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Then the cat chased the fish

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Until she was caught.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And the fish hit the Cat in the head

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">With a pot.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“STOP!” Yelled the girl <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; color:red">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“You do not have to fight <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; color:red">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Either leave her alone or

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">you’re leaving!” “Alright”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Said the cat. “I’ll let the fish be.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Besides, there is something

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">I want you to see.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRoman,serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And then he ran out.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And, then, fast as a whirl,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The Cat in the Hat

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Came back in with a girl. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; color:red">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">She was a cute girl

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">With eyes that shone bright.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">With a sweatshirt and jeans

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And teeth that shone white

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Then he introduced her

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">With a tip of his hat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Here’s someone I’d like you to meet,”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Said the cat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“She’s a sweet little girl

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">I will show to you now”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And the girl gave a twirl. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; color:red">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">As the cat took a bow.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Here’s a sweet little girl

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And she wants to play

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">She can bring you some fun

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">On this cold, cold, wet day.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">She is just like you are,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And I call her Thing One.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Would you like to shake hands

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">I’m sure you’ll have fun”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRoman,serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">She was so bored and

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">She needed some fun.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">So she went to shake hands

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">With the girl called Thing One.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And as they shook hands.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Her poor fish said, “No! No!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">These two should not be

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">In the house! Make them go!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“They should not be here

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">When your mother is not!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Put them out! Put them out!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Said the fish with the pot.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Have no fear little fish,”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Said the Cat in the Hat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“For she’s a good Thing.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And he gave her a pat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“She is tame. Oh, so tame!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">She has come here to play.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">She will give you some fun

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">On this wet, wet, wet day.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Now why don’t you two go and play,”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Said the cat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Just be on your way”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Said the Cat in the Hat. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; color:red">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“No! No do not go!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Said the fish with the pot.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Do not leave me alone

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">With this cat. You cannot.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Oh, I do not like cats!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">They scare me, I admit!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Oh, I do not like this!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Not one little bit!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRoman,serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">But she went anyway,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">She ran down the hall.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">With Thing One, hand in hand,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">They went to play dolls! <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; color:red">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Hand in hand they went

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">To play dolls down the hall.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And left in the room

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Was the fish and the cat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The fish with the cat,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Well, she did not like that.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The fish was afraid

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Of the Cat in the Hat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">He looked like a cat

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">But he smelled like a rat!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The cat said to the fish

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">With a gleam in his eyes.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“You know, we cats eat fish

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">This fact can’t be denied”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The fish shook with fear

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">As she attempted to run

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">But it’s not just Thing Ones

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">That want to have fun.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The cat won in the end,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The fish was no more.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Well she didn’t put up much of a fight

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">What a bore.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Then who should come back

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">But the girl and Thing One?

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And the Cat in the Hat asked

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Did you two have fun”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRoman,serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“We did” said Thing One

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“But now she’s dried out

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">She’s no fun anymore”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Said Thing One with a pout.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Well that’s the entire idea”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Said the Cat

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Now you’ll take her place”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Said the Cat in the Hat

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“We’ll go house to house

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">All over the world

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Taking the life force

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Of each boy and girl

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">While their parents are gone

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And it’s too wet to play

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">We will show up

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And take them away

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The best time to drain them

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Is when their having fun

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Then they’ll all be replaced

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">With Thing Twos and Thing Ones”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Now take her outside”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Said the cat to Thing One

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Soon she’ll be nothing,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Just beams in the sun.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Then come back inside,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">There’s work to be done

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">We’ve so much to do

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">We’ve only begun.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Thing One went outside, <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; color:red">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The girl trailing behind

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Lifeless and slow

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Not a thought in her mind.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRoman,serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Then the cat said “What fun

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">So much fun to be done

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">When the world is made up of

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Thing Twos and Thing Ones

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">No more boring kids

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Just moping about

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">For my Things will find fun

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Of this I’ve no doubt”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; color:red">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Thing One came back in <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; color:red">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">In the clothes of the girl

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“Are you ready to take her,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Place in this world?”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The new girl gave a nod

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And the Cat said, “Then that’s that.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And then he was gone

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">With a tip of his hat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; color:red">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">So, she sat in the chair

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">All alone, by herself.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">As she watched the paint dry

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">On her brand new book shelf.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">When her mother came in

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">She said “What did you do?”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Well, what would YOU do <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; color:red">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">If your mother asked YOU?