是给两岁半的女儿读的，呵呵。很长，这是第一部分。

This was no time for play.

This was no time for fun.

This was no time for games.

There was work to be done.

All that deep,

Deep, deep snow,

All that snow had to go.

When our mother went

Down to the town for the day,

She said, “Somebody has to

Clean all this away.

Somebody, SOMEBODY

Has to, you see.”

Then she picked out two Somebodies.

Sally and me.

Well…

There we were.

We were working like that

And then who should come up

But the CAT IN THE HAT!

“Oh-oh!” Sally said.

“Don’t you talk to that cat.

That cat is a bad one,

That Cat in the Hat.

He plays lots of bad tricks.

Don’t you let him come near.

You know what he did

The last time he was here.”

“Play tricks?” laughed the cat.

“Oh, my my! No, no, no!

I just want to go in

To get out of the snow.

Keep your mind on your work.

You just stay there, you two.

I will go in the house

And find something to do.”

Then that cat went right in!

He was up to no good!

So I ran in after

As fast as I could!

Do you know where I found him?

You know where he was?

He was eating a cake in the tub!

Yes he was!

The hot water was on

And the cold water, too.

And I said to the cat,

“What a bad thing to do!”

“But I like to eat cake

In a tub,” laughed the cat.

“You should try it some time,”

Laughed the cat as he sat.