The Cat in the Hat Living Books Game

**The Cat in the Hat** is the only best playful Dr. Seuss Interactive Living Books video game, released in August 15, 1997. It is based on the 1957 book of the same name.

## Plot

When Conrad and Sally are bored in their house on a rainy day with their mother leaving them, they think there is nothing to do. Suddenly, a six-foot tall cat wearing a hat comes into their house, telling them that even although it's not very sunny that day, there's still ways to have fun. Their talking fish rejects this idea, but the cat tries to calm him by playing a game he calls "Up-Up-Up With a Fish", in which he balances the fish on an umbrella. After getting even more upset, the cat just says that there's nothing to fear and he'll hold him up high while he balances on a ball. He begins to balance various other objects, like a cup and a cake on top of his hat, 3 books, the fish on a new rake, milk on a dish, a toy ship and a toy man, and a red fan in his tail, until he loses his balance, causing everything to fall down in the process. The fish suddenly falls down into a teapot, with him entirely upset by the cat's antics, which included sinking the toy ship in the cake and bending the new rake.

Despite being ordered out of the house, he chooses to stay and brings in a red box, carrying two guys he calls Thing One and Thing Two. He lets them out, revealing two short men in red clothing with crazy blue hair. The fish doesn't trust them, but the Cat in the Hat tries to assure "They are here to have fun on this very, very wet day". Upon learning that their form of fun is flying kites indoors, the fish just gets even less trusted that they're being safe. After bumping their kites all over the place, they soon see that their mother is about to get home. In a desperate attempt, Conrad brings out a butterfly net to catch the things. He is distraught when he sees the two things trapped under his net, and sadly walks out of the house. Although the kids and the fish are glad to see him gone away, they have no clue how to handle the big mess the cat and the things created. Just then, the cat comes back in with a large red vehicle to pick everything up. He gets all of it cleared, and leaves just when their mother walks up to the front door. She then asks them how things went when they were gone, which is something left to the reader to decide how to answer.

## Characters

* The Cat in the Hat
* Conrad Walden
* Sally Walden
* Joan Walden
* The Fish
* Thing 1 and Thing 2
* The Purple Bird (running gag)
* Horton the Elephant (cameo)
* The Dish and the Spoon (cameo)

## Pages

1. It begins to rain and the kids, Conrad and Sally, start to feel bored. / The kids hear a bump, and then the Cat arrives.
2. Conrad and Sally don't know if they should let the Cat stay. / The fish tells the kids that the Cat should not be here when their mother is out.
3. "UP-UP-UP with a fish." / The Cat does a balancing act. / The Cat falls and makes a huge mess.
4. The fish lands in a pot. / The fish tells the Cat to get out of the house because of the mess he just made. / The Cat refuses to leave, and decides to show the kids another good game that he knows.
5. The Cat comes back with a box.
6. The Cat opens the box, and out come Thing One and Thing Two.
7. The kids shake hands with the Things as the fish begins to worry. / The Cat tells the fish not to fear.
8. The Things start to fly kites in the house and cause havoc down the hall.
9. The Things cause havoc in the mother's bedroom.
10. The Things continue to cause havoc. / The fish sees the kid's mother coming home. / The fish tells the kids to get rid of the Things.
11. Conrad tries to catch the Things with his net.
12. Conrad captures the Things and tells the Cat to pack them up and take them away.
13. The Cat leaves with the Things, and the fish and kids worry about not being able to clean up the mess. / The Cat returns to help clean up the mess.
14. The Cat finishes cleaning up the house and leaves once again. / Mother arrives home and asks the kids if they had fun today.

## Songs

* Sat In The House
* Lots of Good Fun
* That Is Not All
* You Will Like Them A Lot
* The Net
* Pick Up All The Things

## Quotes

### Page 1

**Conrad:** Wow! A six-foot tall cat!

**Sally:** Gee, I've never seen that.

**Sally:** Did you ever see that?

**Conrad:** It's a cat in a hat!

### (Page 2)

**Sally:** Should we let the cat stay?

**Conrad:** What would mom have to say?

**Conrad:** A big red bow tie? An umbrella and hat? What kind of a cat goes around dressed like that?

### (Page 3)

**Tommy:** Now he's holding up things with his hands, feet, and hat! I don't understand how he can balance all that!

**Sally:** Do you think he will fall all the way off that ball?

### (Page 4)

**Conrad:** If Mom sees this big mess, she might call the police. I'll be grounded for life with no chance of release.

**Sally:** Our pet fish in a pot? His poor tail must be hot.

### (Page 5b)

**Conrad:** Now I think I see double!

**Fish:** And I think that means trouble!

**Sally:** They're so silly and fun!

**Fish:** I don't trust either one!

**Fish:** First that cat, now these two. What on Earth will they do?

### (Page 6)

**Fish:** Don't shake hands with those two! You don't know what they'll do!

### (Page 7)

**Sally:** Mother never allows us to do things like that.

**Tommy:** Mother never would stand for the Cat in the Hat.

### (Page 8)

**Sally:** They have Mommy's best dress!

**Conrad:** She might faint at this mess!

### (Page 9)

**Joan Walden:** The wind is so strong today.

**Tommy:** Well that does it. I'm going to do something now! I'll stop them! I just have to figure out how.

### (Page 10a)

**Sally:** With your net, with your net, you can get them I bet. Oh I bet, with your net, you can get those Things yet.

## Mini-Games

* Drawing
* The Cat's Balancing Game
* Make Silly Faces
* Elephant Puzzle
* Directions Of Thing 1 And Thing 2
* Catch Thing 1 And Thing 2
* Clean Up the House