Where is the mom in The Cat in the Hat? All the narrator tells us is that she left him and Sally in the house the day the Cat in the Hat showed up and unleashed Thing 1 and Thing 2. Then she comes back at the end of the story and all we see is her shapely leg and her shoe. That’s an entrance right there. And no, she’s not going to tell you where she went. She’s got secrets. She’s as twisted as the neat little bow on the tip of her shoe. (Good lord, I’m tired.)