this is not the first time i have typed and posted this here
and it will most likely not be the last

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the sun did not shine
it was too wet to play
so we sat in the house
all that cold cold wet day

i sat there with sally
we sat there we two
and i said
how i wish we had something to do

too wet to go out
and too cold to play ball
so we sat in the house
we did nothing at all

and all we could do was just
sit sit sit sit
and we did not like it
not one little bit

then something went bump
how that bump made us jump
we looked and we saw him
step in on the mat

we looked and we saw him
the cat in the hat
and he said to us
why do you sit there like that

i know it is wet
and the sun is not sunny
but we can have lots of
good fun that is funny

i know some good games
we can play said the cat
i know some new tricks
said the cat in the hat

a lot of good tricks
i will show them to you
your mother will not mind
at all if i do

and sally and i
did not know what to say
our mother was out of the house
for the day

but our fish said
no no make that cat go away
tell that cat in the hat
you do not want to play

he should not be here
he should not be about
he should not be here
while your mother is out

now now have no fear
have no fear said the cat
my tricks are not bad
said the cat in the hat

why we can have lots of
good fun if you wish
with a game that i call
up up up with a fish

put me down said the fish
this is no fun at all
put me down said the fish
i do not wish to fall

have no fear said the cat
i will not let you fall
i will hold you up high
as i stand on a ball

with a book in one hand
and a cup on my hat
but that is not all i can do
said the cat

look at me look at me now
said the cat
with a cup and a cake
on the top of my hat

i can hold up two books
i can hold up the fish
and a little toy ship
and some milk on a dish

and look i can hop
up and down on the ball
but that is not all
oh no that is not all

look at me look at me
look at me now
it is fun to have fun
but you have to know how

i can hold up the cup
and the milk and the cake
i can hold up these books
and the fish on a rake

i can hold the toy ship
and a little toy man
and look with my tail
i can hold a red fan

i can fan with the fan
as i hop on the ball
but that is not all
oh no that is not all

that is what the cat said
then he fell on his head
he came down with a bump from up there on the ball
and sally and i we saw all the things fall

and our fish came down too
he fell into a pot
and he said do i like this
oh no i do not

this is not a good game
said our fish as he lit
oh i do not like it
not one little bit

now look what you did
said the fish to the cat
now look at this house
look at this look at that

you sunk our toy ship
sank it deep in the cake
you shook up our house
and you bent our new rake

you should not be here
when our mother is no
you get out of this house
said the fish in the pot

but i like to be here
oh i like it a lot
said the cat in the hat
to the fish in the pot

i do not wish to leave
i do not wish to go
and so said the cat in the hat
so so so...
i will show you another
good trick that i know

and then he ran out
and then fast as a fox
the cat in the hat
came back in with a box

a big red wood box
it was shut with a hook
now look at this trick
said the cat take a look

then he got up on top
with a tip of his hat
i call this game
fun in a box said the cat

in this box are two things
i will show to you now
you will like these two things
said the cat with a box

i will pick up the hook
you will see something new
two things and i call them
thing one and thing two

these things will not bite you
they want to have fun
then out of the box
came thing two and thing one

and they ran to us fast
they said how do you do
would you like to shake hands
with thing one and thing two

and sally and i
did not know what to do
so we had to shake hands
with thing one and thing two

we shook their two hands
but our fish said no no
those things should not be
in this house make them go

they should not be here
they should not be about
they should not be here
while your mother is out

have no fear little fish
said the cat in the hat
these things are good things
and he gave them a pat

they are tame oh so tame
they have come here to play
they will show you some fun
on this cold cold wet day

now here is a game
that they like said the cat
they like to fly kites
said the cat in the hat

no not in the house
said the fish in the pot
they should not fly kites
in a house they should not

oh the things they will bump
oh the things they will hit
oh i do not like it
not one little bit

then we saw those two things
fly their kites down the hall
bump thump thump bump
down the wall in the hall

thing one and thing two
they ran up they ran down
on the string of one kite
we saw mother's new gown

the gown with the spots
that are pink white and red
we saw one kite bump
on the head of her bed

then those things ran about
with big bumps thumps and kicks
and with hops and big jumps
and all kinds of bad tricks

and i said i do not like
the way that they play
if our mother could see this
oh what would she say

then our fish said look look
then our fish shook with fear
your mother is on her way home
do you hear

oh what will she do to us
what will she say
oh she will not like it
to find us this way

so as fast as you can
think of something to do
you will have to get rid
of thing one and thing two

so as fast as i could
i went after my net
and i said with my net i can get them i bet
i bet with my net i can get those things yet

then i let down my net
it came down with a plop
then i had them at last
those two things had to stop

and i said to the cat
now you do as i say
you pack up those things
and you take them away

oh dear said the cat
you did not like my game
oh dear what a shame what a
shame what a shame

and he packed up the things
in the box with the hook
then the cat went away
with a sad kind of look

that is good said the fish
he has gone away yes
but your mother will come
she will find this big mess

and this mess is so big
and so deep and so tall
we cannot pick it up
there is no way at all

and then who was back
in the house why the cat
have no fear of this mess
said the cat in the hat

i always pick up all my
playthings and so
i will show you another
good trick that i know

then we saw him pick up
all the things that were down
he picked up the cake
and the rake and the gown

and the milk and the strings
and the books and the dish
and the fan and the cup
and the ship and the fish

then he put them away
and he said that is that
and then he was gone
with a tip of his hat

then our mother came in
and she said to us two
did you have any fun
tell me what did you do

and sally and i
did not know what to say
should we tell her the things
that went on there that day

should we tell her about it
now what should we do
well what would you do
if your mother asked you?

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candice goes home now.