Cat In The Hat

The Grinch a fictional bitter cave dwelling catlike creature with a heart two sizes too small lives on snowy Mount Crumpit a steep 3,000 foot (910 m) high mountain just north of Whoville home of the merry and warm hearted Whos His only companion is his faithful dog Max From his perch high atop Mount Crumpit the Grinch can hear the noisy Christmas festivities that take place in Whoville.


Envious of the Whos happiness he makes plans to descend on the town and by means of burglary deprive them of their Christmas presents holiday ham and decorations and thus prevent Christmas from coming However he learns in the end that despite his success in stealing all the Christmas presents and decorations from the Whos Christmas comes just the same He then realizes that Christmas is more than just gifts and presents.


Chuck Jones adapted the story as an animated special in 1966, featuring narration by Boris Karloff and songs sung (uncredited) by Thurl Ravenscroft the animated film often appears on American television during the Christmas season In 1975, Zero Mostel narrated an LP record of the story the book was translated into Latin as Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit: How the Grinch Stole Christmas in Latin by Jennifer Morrish Tunberg with the assistance of Terence O.Tunberg in 1997 a musical stage version was produced by the Old Globe Theatre San. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/87/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas_cover.png/250px-How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas_cover.png It also was produced on Broadway and is scheduled for a limited-engagement US tour in 2008 the book was adapted into a live action film starring Jim Carrey in 2000 the Grinch character was reprised in Seuss's Halloween Is Grinch Night and The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat the Grinch and Max also appear in the children's show the Wubbulous World of Dr Seuss.