But what the cat doesn't know about is that the mother probably would mind a lot if they do go to some far off land in a strange car called a thingamajigger with two caged up creatures called thing 1 and thing 2.
And since when did The Cat in the Hat become about education, the story I remember was about having a raucous good time while the parents were away and then cleaning up all the evidence at the last minute and the parents never being the wiser.