The Rat in the Hat, by Dr Shteuss

The sun shone too bright

it was too hot to play

so we sat in our house

on that hot humid day

I sat there with Jojo

and Roni and his toy flute

and I said , how i wish

we had something else cute

It’s too hot to go out

too humid to walk

so we sat in the house

and made small talk

so all we could do was to sit!

sit!

sit!

and we did not like it one little bit

And then Mummy said

lets go for a walk

we can visit the pet shop

and hear the birds talk

so we put Roni in his buggy

and walked up the street

we knew it was worth

putting up with the heat

And so when we arrived

we saw pets galore

fishies and birds

and hamsters and more

and so we asked Jojo

which one would you like?

and he thought for a moment

and said “A choc ice!”

“No, no” I explained

were not buying those today

we’re here for a pet

that will be here to stay

So I showed him the hamsters

born just 3 weeks ago

and he chose two brothers

still tiny, room to grow

we took them home in their cage

and watched them settle in

but what should we call them?

and will they fit in?

Then Daddy held them

and said “How do you do”?

I think we should call them

Thing One and Thing Two

“Good plan” said I, we shall name them that

“Does this not remind you of the Cat in the Hat?”

And so we set up their home

with a roll from the loo

and we put in some bedding

for Thing One and Thing Two

and Jojo and Roni

were screeching at the fun

as they sat there watching Thing Two and Thing One

And then we skyped Savta

Who said “What did you do”

Should we tell her, d’you think

of Thing One and Thing Two?

And so Jojo told her

what went on that day

and he said how he loved

seeing his new hamsters play