The Cat in the Hat: Behind the Rhymes
We are all big now,
Yes, Sally and I.
Now we can tell you
The what and the why.
There was no tall cat,
No Thing One or Two.
The fish did not fall,
And said nothing, too.
We made it all up,
To mess with your mind.
We did it for fun,
And not to be kind.
You are the fish
That bit on our hook—
We made out well
From this little book!
The Cat in the Hat (Epilogue)
I did tell my mother
What went on here that day,
And she said some bad things—
Things I should not say!
She did not think it funny,
Not one little bit.
Oh, man, did she hit me!
She hit
hit
hit
hit!
Thump! on my back,
And Bump! on my head.
She hit and she hit
So her hand got all red.
And for day after day,
I had to sit on my bed.
(The last one she had, well, he ran.)
You know what I think?
Go get something pink—
Put that gown with the dots in the can!
A slightly more risque version:
(The last one she had, well, he ran.)
Do you know what I think?
She should get something pink
That will get him to look at her can!
Some Cat in the Hat haiku:
Man-cat came to play
Why did I let him come in?
Mother can not know!
What do you think is in it?
Find out in Book Two!
When did we get that big cat?
I will give up pot
We will be in deep do-do
Sally—she did it!
We have the run of the house
Why not let him in?
