The Brown Felt Hat

The brown felt hat was beautiful – very elegant and very expensive – and the hatmaker was delighted with it.

“This hat is fit for a queen,” he said. “This hat will really go places.”

When it heard this, the hat was very proud. What a life it would lead! What important people it would meet!

But things didn’t turn out at all as the hat had expected. Now it was being used to keep a mug of tea warm! And now it was wiping a nose, just like any old snot rag! Was this what was meant by “going places”? The brown felt hat’s extraordinary adventures come marvellously to life in Craig Smith’s funny, quirky illustrations.