 Having made a miraculous recovery from his bout of depression, the Cat brings out Thing One and Thing Two to aid in the search for the gredunza, singing to the kids that they can find ("Anything Under the Sun"), but instead of being productive, the Things play a variety of sports using Karlos' fishbowl, noting that every house they visit has a pessimistic fish “whose only one wish is to flatten the fun.” Furious, Karlos accuses the Cat of not being a real cat, and his hat of not being a real hat.However, the Cat indignantly asserts his legitimacy by singing his name in several languages ("Cat, Hat").The tune becomes so catchy that everyone, even Karlos, joins in and contributes, telling the Cat that in Russian he is a "chapka in a shlyapa".