Remember the tall cat that looks like a human, with a red and white-striped hat and a red bow tie? This cat appears in The Cat in the Hat. This novel was written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel and was published in 1957 under the pen name Dr. Seuss.
The Cat shows up at the house of Sally and her brother on a rainy day when their mother is away. The Cat shows the children a few of his tricks in an attempt to entertain them, despite the repeated objections from the children’s fish.
In the process of entertaining the kids, he and his companions, Thing One and Thing Two, wreck the house. Things take a turn here. The children and the fish become more and more alarmed. In the end, the Cat produces a machine that he uses to clean everything up and disappears just before their mother comes home.
There is an interesting story behind the name of this novel. Geisel decided to create a story based on the first two rhyming words he found – cat and hat!
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