We Found A Hat s/c back

"We found a hat.
"We found it together.
"But there is only one hat.
"And there are two of us."

So the dilemma begins!

"It looks good on both of us.
"But it would be right if one of us had a hat and the other did not."

Awww! Kind and considerate, brotherly love!

They'll just have to leave it where they found it, in the middle of the desert, right? Hmmm...

This is the third and final instalment of Klassen's hat-trick trilogy which began with I WANT MY HAT BACK followed by THIS IS NOT MY HAT. I can only assume that Klassen suffered some sort of hat-related trauma during his formative years, for in each of first two an item of headgear is stolen. Neither ends well for the thief, and quite right too!

Deliciously, what looked on the surface like straightforward illustrated prose was, in fact, comics; for without the images all would have been lost. The pictures began in perfect accordance with the written word, but swiftly started shedding controversial or even contradictory light on what was being said. Howls of laughter from me and every youngster I've seen being shown the books on our shop floor.

The simplicity of what's said is of equal importance - there is an identifiable Klassen cadence - for when the rhythm is first broken in I WANT MY HAT BACK, that's when you suspect that something is up.

Here we are presented with a three-act play, and although I promise you that Klassen will not prove predictable, there will of course be an equally mischievous break between overt claim and covert curiosity, with its attendant hiccup in the otherwise rhythmic beat.