A Fly Went By by Mike McClintock

A Fly Went By is a great Dr. Seuss book. The book starts with a boy sitting by the lake and he spots a fly. The fly is running away so the boy asks him why he is running. The fly says he is running in because of the frog. The frog it turns out is not running from the fly he is running from the cat. It keeps going and going all of the animals in the story are running from one another but the one behind them isn't really after them they are just trying to get away from the animal chasing them. At the back of the line there is a little sheep with a bucket that scared a farmer w a gun who scared a fox who scared a cow who scared a pig who scared a dog who scared a cat who scared the frog and fly and so on. The boy stops them and explains to them what has happened and the story ends with the boy sitting by the lake again where he started. I absolutely loved this book as a kid. The pictures a neat they are watercolor cartoon looking pictures. This a great adventure story with animals to read to children. It also like all Dr. Seuss books rhymes. It would be a great book to use with teaching rhyming words.