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Pepito tries to impress the girls with his captured animals and by dressing as a Spanish torero, but Madeline rejects his invitations and rebuffs his attempts to show off, telling him that bullfighting and mistreating animals is not noble. bad hat

Pepito spends his days making faces at the girls, aiming his slingshot at them, and dressing up as a ghost to scare them. His behavior escalates to animal cruelty; he captures neighborhood animals for his personal "menagerie" and even builds a small, functional guillotine for chickens. For a visual walkthrough of the book's illustrations

Pepito 's behavior eventually leads to a disastrous encounter with a pack of dogs while he is attempting another prank involving a cat. He is injured and must be rushed to the hospital, where he is treated by Doctor Cohn . Pepito 's behavior eventually leads to a disastrous

“To make the point that Pepito is a bad hat, Bemelmans goes overboard, progressing from standard mischief to downright cruelty.” Common Sense Media · 8 years ago

“we were surprised to find Ludwig Bemelmans refers to the idiom of the bad hat, and the story is really about the Spanish Ambassador's rambunctious boy” vegbooks.org · 15 years ago

The girls and their caretaker, Miss Clavel, watch as the Spanish Ambassador's family moves into the neighboring house. Madeline immediately labels the young boy, Pepito , a "Bad Hat" due to his mischievous behavior.