The Cat in the Hat Summary

This file is a copy of a famous children's titled " The Cat in the Hat" by  Dr. Seuss. For those who are looking for this, here it is. I am giving it to you. This is not mine. I am just sharing this so that everybody can read this popular story.

Anyway, let me tell you a brief summary of this story.

The Cat and the Hat begins as the narrator and Sally sit glumly in their house during a storm, absorbed in their isolation and boredom. Suddenly, they hear a loud noise, followed by the appearance of the Cat in the Hat. The Cat suggests that he entertain Sally and her brother using his inventory of tricks. The pet fish intervenes and tells that Cat to go away before he causes any trouble.

The Cat taunts the fish, taking it from its fishbowl and balancing it on top of his umbrella. The game quickly escalates from the simple balancing act to an elaborate performance during which the Cat teeters atop a ball, stacking himself with various household objects. He eventually loses his balance and everything comes crashing down. The fish scolds the Cat but is rebuffed again.

The Cat suggests that he continue entertaining the children with another game. Dragging a giant red box into the house, he releases twin creatures with childlike proportions, blue hair, and red jumpsuits. He introduces them as Thing One and Thing Two. The Things start to wreak havoc around the house, knocking down objects, flying kites, and playing with the new gown of the narrator and Sally’s mother.

Their antics are cut short when the fish sees the children’s mother approaching the house. Sally’s brother quickly captures Thing One and Thing Two with a large net; the Cat, clearly embarrassed, returns them to their red crate. He leaves sullenly through the front door, leaving the fish and the children to take stock of the destruction.

Just before the children’s mother arrives, the Cat returns atop a huge machine with a number of protruding appendages that go to work cleaning up the house. The fish and children are overjoyed to see the damage reversed just in time. Just before their mother enters the house, the Cat bids them farewell and exits. Their mother asks what they did while she was gone, and the children don’t answer. The narrator then turns to the reader and asks, “What would you do if your mother asked you?”

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