♪ Hey ♪ BOTH: 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 2 and Thing 1 ♪ Yoo-hoo!

♪ Whoa!

Woo-hoo!

♪ Can't stop the Cat in the Hat ♪ ♪ All of our adventures start like that ♪ ♪ Wherever you're going, wherever 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 ♪ (Children laughing) NICK: Look at my new train set, Fish!

Can you think of anything better to do all day?

I'm all aboard for that idea!

Hi, Nick!

Want to play explorers?

Sorry, Sally.

Not when I've got my new train set.

And look how these magnets stick to each other.

Pretty cool, right?

Yeah, but not as cool as exploring with the telescope!

Now it's time for the engine.

Huh?

That's weird.

The cars are moving away!

Maybe they don't want to play trains, either.

(Giggling) Very funny.

(Gasping) It happened again!

I'll take a closer look with my telescope.

Hey!

What's making it do that?

Well, they are magnets.

Let me look again.

Hmm.

Huh?

(Gasping) Cat!

Having train troubles?

Nick's train cars keep pushing away from his engine.

And they pull toward my telescope.

That scope just went clink!

Is it metal, do you think?

It must be!

That's why the train magnet sticks to it.

So, magnets stick to some things that are metal?

And they also stick to each other!

But if all the cars have magnets, why do they push away from the engine instead of sticking to it?

Hmm.

We might find out on the This-A-Way-That-A-Way Stream.

It goes right through the Magnetic Fields!

If it'll help me put my train together, I'm in!

Oh, goody!

I've always wanted to explore there.

Did you say "explore"?

Then, I'm in!

Did you say "stream"?

Then, I'm in!

Hooray!

(Laughing) Your father will not mind at all if you do!

Dad!

Can we go to the Magnetic Fields with the Cat in the Hat to find out how to put my train together?

FATHER: The Magnetic Fields?

Hmm, well, I don't think I could pull you away from that.

Have fun!

We can go!

We can go!

I know!

I know!

To the Thingamajigger!

Buckle up!

(Horn honking) Flick the Jiggermawhizzer.

(Trumpets sounding) Isn't this fun?

SALLY AND NICK: Yahoo!

♪ 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 ♪ Down below, a magnetic adventure's in store, with invisible pushes and pulls to explore.

FISH: Are we here, Cat?

Is this it?

Yes!

Welcome to the Magnetic Fields, home of the This-A-Way-That-A-Way Stream.

All I spy with my fishy eye are red and blue rocks.

Where's the This-A-Way-That-A-Way Stream?

Hmm.

It could be this-a-way, or it could be that-a-way.

There's only one way to find out.

By exploring?

That's the way!

Yay!

Huh?

(Clanking) Whoa!

My telescope is being pulled toward this rock.

(Grunting) So, the rock must be...

BOTH: A magnet!

Ha!

Silly me.

I forgot to tell you.

In the Magnetic Fields, all the rocks are magnets.

Hmm.

Are you sure, Cat?

My train car pushed away from this rock.

Just like it was pushed away from the engine.

But magnets are supposed to pull together, right?

Maybe it's some kind of magnetic mystery.

Hmm.

Or maybe sometimes magnets pull, and sometimes they push away.

I'm not sure I'm following you, Nick.

The question is, how do we know when they're going to pull, or push?

(Fish shouting) Gotcha!

That's why we came to the This-A-Way-That-A-Way Stream.

If only we could find it.

While you were pacing, I've been exploring with my telescope.

It's that-a-way!

Yay, Sally!

All aboard!

To explore the This-A-Way-That-A-Way Stream.

But how is a canoe ride gonna tell me why my train isn't working?

Huh.

This canoe is red and blue, just like all the rocks around here.

I wonder if that means... (Clanking) Yup, it's a magnet!

Then, maybe this canoe trip will tell us what we need to know.

What a beautiful stream!

I don't know whether to look this-a-way or that-a-way.

I'd say look that way, because we're heading right towards that rock!

We need to go the other way!

Fish is right.

We're paddling towards the rock.

We need to paddle away from it.

We are paddling away from it.

(Sally grunting) FISH: The canoe is being pulled to the rock, anyway!

Of course!

The rock is a magnet.

It's pulling us because the canoe's a magnet, too!

We've got to turn this canoe away from that rock!

(All grunting, groaning) NICK Hey, we got pushed away from the rock!

But why would one end of the canoe push away from a rock, and one end pull toward it?

What's different?

Maybe the question is what's the same?

(Gasping) The color!

When we spun the blue end of the canoe toward the blue side of the rock, it pushed us away.

Blue pushes blue away!

Speaking of "way", we're now facing the wrong way.

Huh?

Why, this won't work.

Okay, everyone, about face!

And now, we're headed straight towards another rock!

If blue pushes blue away, maybe red pushes red away.

We've got to spin the canoe!

(All grunting, groaning) (All cheering) So, when the colored sides of magnets are the same, they push away from each other.

And when they're different, they pull toward each other...

I think.

We're gonna find out.

FISH: Not again!

What's the trick, Nick?

The red end of the canoe is coming up to the red side of the rock.

So, it should push us away.

No paddling, anyone!

(Whimpering) Yay!

We figured it out!

(Sighing) And from now on, we'll be completely safe.

You're absolutely right, as long as we can see what's up ahead.

Uh-oh!

We can't see what's up ahead!

Wait, there's a turn in the river.

What are we gonna do?

If you can't see ahead if a rock's red or blue, it's the time to rely on Thing 1 and Thing 2!

(Whistling) (Engine revving) (Things 1 and 2 laughing, chattering) THINGS: Ha-ha!

We need you to let us know which color rock is up ahead.

Just wave one of those flags!

THINGS: Ay-ay!

(Chattering) (Engine revving) (Thing shouting) There he is, but I can't see which flag.

Here, Nick, try my telescope.

Hmm, okay.

The rock around the next bend is blue.

CAT: At a time like this, there's only one thing to do.

SALLY: Spin the canoe!

Blue pushes blue away!

Okay, about face!

Red flag alert!

We need the red end in front now!

NICK: We've got to spin the canoe!

Yay!

Red pushes red away.

(Cheering) (Sally gasping) I see a dock ahead!

Let's paddle to it.

Paddling that-a-way!

This is a strange thing for a fish to say, but land, sweet land!

How we spun that canoe!

I had fun, didn't you?

Yeah, but there's one thing I don't get.

What is it, Nick?

My train magnets aren't red or blue.

Hmm, let's see.

This end pulls towards blue, but if I spin it like the canoe... it pushes away!

So, it's not the color that makes the difference.

It's the way the magnets are facing!

Now I know how to make my train set work!

When I try connecting my train car to my engine, I only tried it one way, like this.

So, this end of the magnet must be the same as the magnet on the engine.

But what I didn't do is...

Spin the canoe!

(Giggling) I mean, spin the train car.

Right.

So, this end of the magnet must be different from the magnet on the engine.

They stick!

You were right!

I got to get a closer look at this.

Huh?

Oops!

(Laughing) Pardon me.

I forgot I had these.

(Both laughing) Good to go?

Good to go!

FISH: You can do it, Nick!

Whoa!

Ah!

Whoa!

(Crashing, grunting) (Laughing) That was quite a fall.

You okay?

Sure, but I don't get it.

When I had the training wheels on, it was easy to ride.

But they've been off for three days and I keep falling over.

You just have to find your balance.

Watch!

She found her balance, so how do I find mine?

Woo-hoo!

Yeah, ha-ha-ha!

Whoo-hoo!

Balance is a talent that you can learn.

Cat, boy, do I need your help.

Nick can't find his balance.

I had it, but then I lost it.

Ah, yes, it's easy to lose your balance.

Wahhh!

But if you work at it, you can find it again!

I can never find my balance when I'm trying to ride my bike.

How do I find it and keep it?

Hmm.

Oh, I know!

You have to ask Even and Steven, the expert balancers of Balance Point.

They know all about balance!

We've got to go there!

Your father will not mind at all if you do!

Dad!

Can we go to Balance Point with the Cat in the Hat to find my balance so I can ride my bike without training wheels?

Do you want me to help you like we did yesterday?

Thanks, Dad, but Even and Steven are experts.

Can we go, please?!

Well, if you know an expert, sure, but you can always fall back on me!

(Laughing) We can go!

We can go!

I know!

I know!

To the Thingamajigger!

Buckle up!

(Horn honking) Flick the Jiggermawhizzer.

(Trumpets sounding) Isn't this fun?

SALLY AND NICK: Yahoo!

♪ 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 ♪ Look around Balance Point and you surely will see many things that are balanced, or trying to be.

(Kids laughing) Wow, Nick!

Looks like this is the place to find your balance.

Where are Even and Steven?

Just follow the trail that leads to their house.

On the tippy-top of Balance Point!

(Groaning) We have to get through this gate to get to Even and Steven, but it's locked.

This sign might be instructions.

I think we have to balance on the see-saw to open the gate.

Well, there's only one way to find out!

See if the see-saw holds the key.

Easy peasy!

Let's go!

Ugh!

Oh, no!

We're not balanced!

What are we going to do?

Oh, well.

You don't have to get it on the first try.

Maybe if I get on really slowly, I can keep you there.

Whoa!

Nope, you must be a lot heavier than me.

And if I'm a lot heavier, I'm always going to be on the bottom.

Cat, I think this is impossible.

We're never going to work it out.

When you must do a job that you think can't be done, that's the time to call out for Thing 2 and Thing 1!

(Whistling) (Chattering) THINGS: Ta-da!

Nick and Sally need to find a way to keep that see-saw in balance.

Can you please help?

Hmm.

(Murmuring) BOTH: I don't know!

You're giving up already?

BOTH: Yeah!

Hmm, Things, can you two stand side by side?

(Straining) BOTH: Ha!

Hmm, Sally, I've got an idea.

Okay, Things, get on the see-saw.

(Chattering excitedly) I don't get this idea of Nick's.

They're just see-sawing.

Stop, Things!

Sally, take that end of the see-saw.

And now, very carefully, let go on... 3, 2, 1!

Wow!

They're balancing.

You did it!

You did it!

How did you do it?

The Things are exactly the same.

BOTH: Huh?

What?

I mean, you both weigh the same, but I'm heavier than Sally.

If one of you were heavier, then that end would go down.

Oh, aha!

So?

So, both sides have to be the same weight to be balanced.

(Triumphant fanfare playing) Even and Steven!

Nick, it looks like we've got to balance a book on our head.

Weird, but how hard could it be?

Pretty hard without any books.

I always say it's a great idea to have books with you, wherever you go!

Hmm, that's too big.

Too small, too small, too small.

Ah!

Just right!

Oops.

And again, you don't have to get it on the first try, or even the second.

Easy peasy!

See, Nick?

Whoops!

I think there was more of the book on one side.

Hmm.

I have to move it so it's the same weight on both sides, like this!

Got it!

Whoops!

Hmm, that didn't work, either.

Hmm, maybe once it feels balanced, you just have to keep your head straight.

Now I got it!

Don't look at me.

Just look straight and keep your head still.

Careful.

Slowly.

Got it!

Me too, I think!

Ooh, it helps if you keep your arms out.

You did it again!

You did it again!

How did you do it again?

The book doesn't fall off your head if it's the same weight on both sides.

You can sort of feel where it is by playing around with it.

But you shouldn't move your head, or the book's gonna fall off.

And then, it won't be balanced?

It's like the see-saw!

If you make the weight the same on both sides, then both sides will stay up!

And the books will stay on our heads!

So, let me get this straight.

If I make things the same on both sides... You'll be balanced!

Which means you won't fall over!

You kids always amaze me.

(Triumphant fanfare playing) Now, do we get to meet Even and Steven?

Let's go see!

Let's go see!

So, I guess we have to balance on this log now.

Ugh!

Whoa!

Sally, remember to keep your arms out.

Right!

We did it!

Yeah!

(Knocking) Even!

Steven!

(Gasping) Hey!

That's us!

It's a mirror.

Where are Even and Steven?

Must be right there.

But that's just us.

Well, how about that?

You must be Even and Steven.

But they know all about balance.

And so do we!

Huh, I guess we do!

Cat, did you know there wasn't an Even or a Steven?

Me?

Well, I wouldn't know about that, but I do know that you know lots about balancing now!

But can I do it on my bike?

Well, knowing and doing aren't exactly the same.

They're related like cousins who have different names.

If you practice with patience and fun like a game, you'll be doing and knowing, one and the same!

I'm going to try!

Back to the Thingamajigger!

Okay, Nick, are you ready?

I feel the same on both sides, and I'm keeping my head straight.

Okay.

There, I feel balanced!

Come on, Nick.

You can do it!

Whoa, whoa!

Whoa!

(Crashing) Oh, no!

When I move my feet up and down, I'm not the same on both sides.

The pedals are tricky.

Hmm.

Maybe if I use my legs like I use my arms...

I can't hear!

What's going on?

He's got an idea!

FISH: Oh, yeah, Nick, you got this!

CAT: Come on, Nick!

Yes!

Yay, Nick!

Yeah, you go!

It worked!

(Horn trumpeting fanfare) You did it!

You did it!

You did it just now!

(Laughing) And now that you've done it, Nick, may I ask how?

I just kept my head straight and my legs out, not my arms this time.

So, you're the same on both sides.

I'll try to figure out the pedal part tomorrow.

There's always a little bit more you can do.

As you practice and play, you'll get better, it's true.

If you try, try again, and again, you will see, you are finally just where you wanted to be.

(Laughing) ♪