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What question do the children ask readers at the end of The Cat in the Hat?
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Dr. Seuss and some of his characters, from a commemorative U.S. postage stamp, 2004.
At the end of The Cat in the Hat, as the children sit in their chairs and their mother is about to enter the house, they break the fourth wall to ask the reader the following question:
Should we tell her about it?
Now, what should we do?
WellâŠ
What would you do?
If your mother asked you?1