Stoney and Monty's book review of the 'Cat in the Hat'

Reading a book to the boys’ without getting interrupted, is a myth. It’s not that they don’t pay attention to the story and interrupt me with things that are not relevant... No, they are relevant to the story. But it gets so tiring to have to stop reading every other page because there is some kind of comment that apparently must be made (and must be made every time we read the book)

Giving you the example of the Cat in the Hat.

First of Stoney would like to point out that no mommy should leave their kids alone and be ‘out of the house for the day’.

Then Stoney would like to point out that a fish cannot breath out of water, so it probably can’t talk out of water either, and a fish talking is questionable in itself. (page 11)

Then Monty would like us to pause so he can count the items the Cat in the Hat is juggling around on page 15, 17 and 19

On Page 21 it mentions: “That is what the cat said, and then he fell on his head. He came down with a bump, from up there on the ball. And Sally and I saw all the things fall”. Monty would like to state (for the record) that we don’t actually see the cat falling ON his head on that page - we just see him fall-, but not till page 22 do we actually see him hit his head. So in other words, the words are on the wrong page. And i am not allowed to say that the cat fell on his head till page 22.

On Page 25 we read : "you sank our toy ship, sank it deep in the cake,” and Stoney wants to point out that the boat may be in the cake, but is hardly deep in the cake.

And on and on, about the kids facial expressions, the fact that the tea pot cannot be hanging from the kite string and yada yada yada. Till finally we reach the end of the book and they make the one comment that I do want to hear after reading: "Well... What would you do when your mother asked you?" and they both say in unison: "we tell the truth!"

So in conclusion, I guess I better write Dr. Seuss and demand a corrected reprint.

And speaking of hats, here is Monty's latest fashion statement:

It's an empty ice cream box that he wore an entire Saturday