♪ Hey!

♪ ♪ What?

♪ ♪ Come over here, ♪ ♪ The Cat in the Hat is about to appear.

♪ ♪ He's whizzing over to whisk you away ♪ ♪ On a fabulous journey today.

♪ ♪ He's coming!

♪ ♪ And now he's arrived In the Thingamajigger ♪ ♪ the thing that he drives ♪ ♪ He's a Cat and he's oodles of fun ♪ ♪ With his hairy helpers Thing Two and Thing One ♪ ♪ Instrumental ♪ ♪ Instrumental ♪ ♪ It's the Cat in the Hat!

♪ ♪ All of our adventures start like that.

♪ ♪ Wherever you're going Where ever you're at ♪ ♪ The Cat in the Hat Knows a lot about ... ♪ ♪ He knows a lot about, he knows a lot about, ♪ ♪ He knows a lot about ....THAT!

♪ (Laughter) ♪ (pant, pant) This must be the hottest day ever, Sally!

(pant, pant, pant) Hotter than hot, Nick!

I can't even run...

It's Mine!

It's the CAT!

[grunt] The Cat in the HAT!

Yeeeees!

The Cat strikes again!

(effort) Nice shot!

Right down the middle.... My..(panting) point!

Ugh!

You know what?

It's REALLY hot today.

We know!

- We know!

We should go get some ice cream.

Or an ice bucket... Or an iceberg all covered with snow!

Or we could go and visit my old buddy, Tommy the Toad.

He knows how to keep cool.

Tommy the Toad?

Does he live in a icy cold pond?

No.

Tommy's a desert toad.

He lives in the Dizzle-Dazzle Desert.

A desert?

But deserts are hot!

Right.

Why would we go to the desert to get cool?

Well, when you live in a hot desert you have to know how to keep cool.

Tommy knows all the best ways.

He's the king of cool!

I can't wait to get cool!

Let's go!

Your mother will not mind at all if you do!

[laughs] Mom!

Can we go to the Dizzle-dazzle Desert to learn how to keep COOL!

(laughs) The Dizzle Dazzle Desert!

Sure.

And if you find out how to keep cool, let me know.

Yea!

We can go!

We can go!

We can go!

We can go!

I know!

I know!

To the Thinga-ma-jigger!

♪ Oh, dear.

There really isn't much water in a desert!

Luckily I always bring my own.

And we always bring you Fish!

Buckle up!

[honk] ♪ Flick the jiggermawhizzer!

[boing] [honk] [pop] ♪ Isn't this fun?

Ya-hooooooo!

♪ Here we go, go, go go!

On an adventure.

♪ ♪ The thingamajigger is up and away!

♪ ♪ Go, go, go, go!

On an Adventure.

♪ ♪ We're flying with the Cat in the Hat today!

♪ ♪ We're off to find Tommy who knows quite a lot.

♪ ♪ About how to keep cool when the weather is HOT!

♪ ♪ Here we go, go, go, go!

On an adventure.

♪ ♪ Go, go, go, go GO!

♪ ♪ This is IT!

The Dizzle-Dazzle Desert!

Oh, it feels hotter than back home!

Whew, how are we ever going to keep cool here?

Ta-da!

[laughs] ♪ WHOA!

It's HOT, HOT, HOT!

(giggles) Now lets find Tommy.

Tommy!

Ugh!

Can we take a break, Cat?

We're waaaaay hotter than when we started.

Ah, but when you find Tommy, you'll be cooler than cool!

Ahhh!

Hot!

Hot!

Hooooooooot!

(blowing noises) Ah!

Hey, Cat!

- Huh?

Keep the noise down!

I'm trying to get some sleep.

But it's the middle of the day.

Right.

Round here that's a good time to sleep.

It's too hot to do much else.

[gasp] Is the colour of your body uh...changing?

Yeah.

That happens to us iguanas when we're out in the sun.

You're getting lighter and lighter.

And hotter and hotter.

Does changing colour help you stay cool?

Yup, sure does!

Whoa, I wish we could change colour to keep cool!

Hmm...Maybe that's why my mom tells me to wear light-colored clothes in the summertime.

Now that's something we can change!

♪ And voila!

Your clothes!

Cool!

- Thanks Cat!

Wear some clothes that are light, pale or white And the heat from the sun will bounce off them, that's right!

Thanks for the keeping-cool idea.

Oh, you're welcome.

But if you're serious about keeping cool, you need to find Tommy.

He's the king of cool!

That's exactly who we're looking for.

Do you know where to find him?

Er, try that-a-way!

Thanks!

Bye!

- Bye!

♪ Tommmmmmmmy!

(sigh) Our new clothes help keep us a little cooler, but they're not enough.

I'm still really, really, really hot, Cat!

This definitely is not going as well as I'd hoped.

W-what's going on!

Why Jack!

Cat?

Meet Nick and Sally.

This is my friend Jack Rabbit.

Hi Jack!

- Hi!

We're really really hot.

Well my spot is pretty cool.

You need to find yourselves some shade.

I dug a nice little bed, right here!

Plenty of shade under this b-b-bush, oh yeah.

We can't all fit under there with you.

Oh.

And there's no other shade round here.

Nick's right.

I don't see any at all!

You need some shade quick?

The smart thing to do Is to whistle for help from Thing One and Thing Two.

(whistles) Whoa, careful with my water!

Whoa-ho-ho-ho!

[grunts] Hello!

[grunts] Ta-da!

Thank you so much, Things!

Ahhhh!

Ahh!

Shade!

- Finally!

Ah, soooo much cooler!

I told you.

You want to stay c-cool, stay out of the sun.

Works for me every time.

It's better -- but I'm still hot!

Me too!

Then you need to talk to Tommy the Toad!

He's the c-c-coolest creature in the desert.

Tommy's the king of cool.

We've been looking for Tommy!

Do you know where he is?

Up on that hill.

[gasp] That hill!

All the way up there!

(huffing and puffing) This is hard work.

Well we got to the top of the hill!

Hey, Cat... Ha ha ha!

Cooooool of you to drop by!

Tommy, there you are!

We've been looking for you EVERYWHERE!

You were hiding in that hole!

It's a cool, cool hole.

A great place to sleep all day in.

I'm Nick and this is Sally, and we really need to ask you... How can we get cool?

Hey, you want to be cool like Tommy - the king of cool?

Yes, please.

We've tried wearing light colours.

And we tried to stay in the shade and out of the sun!

Ha... That's all good.

But to get cool, you have to act cooooooooool.

So for a start let's get out of the sun... Quick!

- No... no... no running... You've got to slooooow doooooown.

Slooow.

- Slooow.

Slooooooow doooooooooown?

Ha ha.

Riiiiiight.

Ooo-kay.

Sloooooooow.

Ahhhh.

This is a better place.

Out of the hot sun.

Ah...that's goooood.

If you usually sleep in the day time, why did you come out in the sun?

Today is special -- Can you feel it?

No... Can you (sniffs) smell it?

[sniffs] Not really... Well, surely you can see it!

Look!

Big clouds!

Big, big dark rain clouds!

But we're in a desert.

That's a hot dry place!

Right!

It will never rain here!

[thunder] Or did I get that wrong?

(laughs) Wahoo!

- Yay!

Oh nice.

[laughs] Coooooool!

It doesn't rain too often in the desert.

But when it rains here, it rainnnnnnnns!

(laughs happily) And everyone comes out to get cool!

(laughs) - You keepin' cool?

I am.

Isn't this the best?

Yay!

W-w-w-w-wonderful RAIN!

Whoa-whoa-woah.. sloooow down!

Everyone's come out now that it's raining!

Rain's a great way to stay coooooool!

(laughs) The best.

♪ We WERE hot, hot, hot, Now we're not, not, not!

♪ ♪ We were hot, hot, hot, But now we're not!

♪ ♪ We WERE hot, hot, hot, Now we're not, not, not!

♪ We were hot, hot, hot, But now we're not, not, not!

Stop!

Stop!

No!

No!

I've got too much water now!

Tommy!

You really are the king of cool!

(laughs) I ammmmmm!

I can't wait to get back home and try out all the great ways we learned to keep cool!

Quick, to the Thinga-ma-jigger!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Sloooow down!

- Sloooow down!

Whoops!

- (laughs) Goodbye, Tommy.

Goodbye everyone!

Keep coooool, guys.

♪ If the day is so hot and the sun shines so bright, Then you want to stay cool and wear clothes that are light; Stay in the shade and slow down a bit, And if water's around, then get wet in it!

(laughs) Are you cool, Nick?

Yeah, I'm cool?

You cool Cat?

Cat?

- I'm cool.

But I could be cooler.

Are you ready?

READY!

Ya-ho.WHOO-HOOO!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAATER!

♪ We were hot, hot, hot, Now we're not, not, not!

♪ ♪ We were hot, hot, hot, Now we're not, not, not!

♪ We're coooooool.

(laughter) <Happy noises> <Sqeaking noise> <Happy noises> <Surprised noise> <Happy noises> <Happy noises, celebration> Hi kids!

Boy, I have a great question for you!

Butterflies don't use their tongues to taste like you do.

Mmmmm... yum yum!

So, how does a butterfly taste things?

♪ Mmmmmm.. With his FEET?

You got it this time, but next time I'll stump you for sure!

♪ ... yum yum!

♪ <Interested noises> ♪ <Chirps> <Excited noises> ♪ <Happy noises> ♪ ♪ Pass me a Thingymawidger so I can bolt on this Jumpaboodle, Nick.

Hmm, we only have a Wabbermagrabber, Sally.

Wabbermagrabbers are for bolting Wobblydoodles, not Jumpaboodles!

So how are we going to bolt on this Whizzymefigger?

It would be a lot easier to finish our Thingamajigger if there was just one tool to do all these jobs.

A one-thing-does-it-all tool!

Yeah!

That would be a great thing to have.

You know what else is a great to thing to have?

Me!

It's the Cat!

The Cat in the Hat!

Nice Thingamajigger!

Fix that Jumpaboodle and we'll go for a spin.

We need a-one-thing- does-it-all tool to fix it!

Do you have one of those?

Hmmmmmm... let me see.

Oh well, no, no not this one, no.

Hmm.

I have lots of things that do one thing, but not one thing that does it all!

(sighs) Luckily, I know someone who has just the thing you're looking for.

You do?

I do be-do-be-do!

Themba (TEHM-bah) the Elephant, who lives on the Dusty Vusty Veldt.

Do you think Themba would let us use her one-thing-does-it-all tool?

Well, I guess we'll just have to ask her!

Your mother will not mind at all if you do!

(giggles) Mom!

Can we go to the Dusty Vusty Veldt to borrow a one-thing-does-it-all tool?

(laughs) The Dusty Vusty Veldt?

Okay, but I get to use it too!

Okay!

- (giggles) We can go!

We can go!

We can go!

We can go!

I know.

I know.

To the Thingamajigger!

♪ I hope visiting the Dusty Vusty Veldt doesn't get in the way of my spring cleaning!

It's a big job when your house is all windows!

(laughs) Buckle Up!

[honk] ♪ Flick the Jiggermawhizzer!

[boing] [honk] [pop] ♪ Isn't this fun?

Ya-hooooooo!

♪ Here we go, go, go, go!

On an adventure.

♪ ♪ The Thingamajigger is up and away!

♪ ♪ Go, go, go, go!

On an adventure.

♪ ♪ We're flying with the Cat in the Hat today!

♪ ♪ We'll meet Themba the elephant who is pretty cool ♪ ♪ with her fabulous one-thing- does-it-all tool!

♪ ♪ Here we go, go, go, go!

On an adventure.

♪ ♪ Go, go, go, go GO!

♪ ♪ Welcome to the Dusty Vusty Veldt!

Whoah.

The Dusy Vusty Velt is sooooo big!

Why a place needs to be big if it's home to elephants!

♪ Where's Themba?

One of the great things about elephants is that they're so easy to find.

[elephant trumpets] Everyone, meet Themba the Elephant.

Er...

Pleased to meet you madam.

Pleased to meet you.

<GIGGLES> And you too, young man.

I've never said hello shaking someone's nose before.

(giggles) Well that's because an elephant's trunk is much more than a nose.

Oh!

- [laughing] Much, much more!

Now, tell Mama Themba what brings you to the Dusty Vusty Veldt?

We need a one-thing-does-it-all tool.

May we borrow yours?

No problem.

It's right under your... Mama, Mama!

- oh hello dear.

Aunty Mosa wants you.

Oh, hi.

I'm Efia!

Who are you?

[laughs] I'm Nick.

I'm Sally.

And I believe you know me already.

It's the Cat!

The Cat in the Hat!

Will you baby sit Efia while I go see my sister?

Yes of course.

[laughs] ♪ WOAH!

The Elephants just get bigger and bigger!

One day I'm going to have great big tusks too, like mama!

Hey, do you know where she keeps her one-thing-does-it-all tool?

Nope.

She said it was under something.

Maybe it's under this log!

Okay!

It's too heavy to lift.

Not for an elephant!

WHOA!

Hmmm...Nothing here!

I wish I could pick up stuff with my nose!

Well a trunk is more than just a nose.

It's... Maybe mama keeps her one-thing-does-it-all tool, by the watering hole.

Let's go check it out.

Everyone grab a tail!

Huh?

I always hold mama's tail when we walk.

It's like holding hands, only Elephants use trunks and tails.

But we don't have trunks... or tails.

But we do have hands!

<GIGGLES> Elephants, quick march!

[laughs] ♪ Elephants walk under hot, hot sun.

♪ ♪ Elephant walks are lots of fun!

♪ <SNIFF SNIFF SNIFF> Here we are!

Huh?

It must be around here somewhere.

But where?

If the one-thing-does-it-all tool is here, Efia will sniff it out.

<SNIFF SNIFF SNIFF> I can't smell anything.

Elephant's trunks are very good sniffers.

(sniffing playfully) They're very good ticklers too!

(Sniff-sniff) Sorry, all I can smell around here are flowers.

AGh..AHCHOO!

Elephant-sized tissue anyone?

Phew, it sure is hot on the Dusty Vusty Veldt.

Elephants know a great way to cool down.

(laughs) A mud bath??

- A mud bath?

Mud, mud, glorious mud.

There's nothing cooler!

[laughing] YIPEE!

Wahooo!

[cheering] ♪ Elephants bathe under hot, hot sun.

♪ ♪ Elephant mud baths are great fun!

♪ (playing sounds) [cheering] Oh dear me.

There's just too much dust on Dusty Vusty Veldt!

I need a super-duper buster duster to clean this mess!

(gasp) Aha!

Elephants are right.

Mud is cool.

Maybe your mama keeps her one-thing-does-it-all tool under the mud.

I don't feel anything.

Time to pull the plug on this mud bath!

Ugh!

Hey, I'm stuck.

Ugh!

In thick muddy goo!

(effort) Oh oh.

Me too.

We'll never find what the one-thing-does-it-all tool's under, if we don't get out of this mud hole!

I'll use my trunk to get us out.

(straining sound) How?

It's too far to reach.

An elephant's trunk is not just for reaching.

[elephant trumpet] Mama always hears me trumpet.

Efia... Time to get out!

♪ And you too.

[laughing] My, are you muddy!

I can fix that!

(HAPPY GIGGLING) An Elephant trunk shower!

Aren't elephants swell?

[laughing] Whoa!

♪ Elephants splash under hot, hot sun.

♪ ♪ Elephant splashing's lots of fun!

♪ ♪ Watch out for Efia's secret squirter.

♪ What's that?

My trunk!

Ah!

I had to mention it did I.

Nice squirter!

At least we're all CLEAN!

Not for long.

Crossing that mud will make our feet dirty.

When you want to stay clean crossing thick muddy goo, who better to call than Thing One and Thing Two?

[whistles] Hello!

♪ Ta-da!

Yeah!

- Yeah!

Elephant's March!

[giggling] Thanks for looking after Efia so well.

I wish there was some way to thank you.

You could say what your one-thing-does-it-all tool is under, mama!

[laughs] Why, it's been right under your nose, the whole time!

The whole time we've been here?

Let's see.

We said hello.

- Hello.

Looked under a log.

And sniffed around.

Got rescued from a mud hole!

[trumpets] Then had an Elephant shower to get clean.

All with help ... From an elephant's trunk!

An elephant's one-thing-does-it-all tool!

Go trunks!

<TRUMPET> How will we finish our Thingamajigger, without trunks?

Oh, I wish we had our own elephant trunks.

That would be neat.

[laughing] Nice trunks guys.

(LAUGHING) Our hands do make nice trunks.

They do a lot of the same things.

Like picking stuff up!

And splashing!

Your very own one-thing-does-it-all tool!

OUR HANDS!

- OUR HANDS!

To the Thingamajigger!

♪ ♪ Trunks and hands under hot, hot sun ♪ ♪ Trunks and hands, get the job done!

♪ ♪ Great job spring cleaning, Fish!

I just needed the right tool for the job.

Your buster duster?

Nope.

My tail.

It's a super duper dusting tool!

(giggles) An elephant's trunk, Is her does-it-all tool There's nothing else like it.

A trunk is so cool!

It would look a bit funny, If we each had one too.

So, we're really quite happy Our hands do what they do!

[trumpets] Bye everyone.

Bye-bye, come back soon.

Good-bye!

<GIGGLES> I've bolted the Jumpaboodle, Nick!

I got the Wobblydoodle, Sally.

Without using Thingymawidgers or Wabbermagrabbers?

We don't need those.

With one-thing-does-it-all tools, like our hands..... We can do anything!

(giggles) - My you're clever!

Welcome to Hat Chat.

Today we're talking to a hippopotamus... Hello!

Hi hippo!

I see you're in the water.

Are you a fish?

No.

I'm A hippopotamus.

A very big mammal.

You ARE big!

So... why do you spend so much time in the water?

It gets really hot where I live, and the water keeps me cool.

So - you swim all day?

Actually, grown-up Hippos can't swim.

Our feet are always touching bottom.

If we want to get across a deep part, we hold our breath and walk across the bottom.

Coooooolll!

Coooooolll!

Thanks for talking to us.

HIP-HIP-HOORAY!

<Giggles> <Giggles> <Giggles> ♪♪♪ Psst.

Hey kids, wanna to find out more stuff about animals, plants and well fish?

Go to: pbskids.org for fun games, fascinating facts, and fintastic activities.

Ha, ha, ha, ha.

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