Dr. Seuss continues to use this simple form to describe the other things Pat sits on, like a hat and a bat. Then, the children turn the page and see Pat about to sit on a cactus, and a small child ...

Here’s Dr. Seuss’s Cat describing them, “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!