Born to Run! (Dr. Seuss/Cat in the Hat) (2 page)

“Watch out!” cried Sally.

“I see a bear paw!

It’s the biggest bear paw

that I ever saw!”

“Hey, bear!” yelled Sam,

and then she cried, “Whee!

There’s no way that you

will ever catch me!”

“Excuse me,” said Nick.

“Can you move, Mr. Bear?

We’re swimming upstream

and we need to get there!”

“A boy fish? A girl fish?

A fish with a hat?

I’ve seen some strange things,”

said the bear, “but not that.”

“Look out!” cried Sally.

“Do you see up ahead?

It’s a big waterfall!”

“Flip your tails!” the Cat said.

“We made it!” said Sally.

“Sam! Where are you?”

Then they heard Sam

gently calling, “Yoo-hoo!”

“I’m here,” whispered Sam.

“And I’m happy to say

I just laid my eggs.

I laid them right away.”

“My beautiful eggs

are also called roe.

And soon all my eggs

will be starting to grow!

They’ll grow to be salmon,

and one day, you’ll see,

they’ll make the same journey

upriver as me.”

“Goodbye, Sam,” said Sally.

“We had lots of fun.

Thank you for showing us

how salmon run.”

“Swimming upstream,” the Cat said,

“is what salmon do.

If you were a salmon …”

“… you’d swim upstream, too.”