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Huckle Cat
Huckle Cat is a fictional character frequently featured in the works of children’s author and illustrator Richard Scarry. Huckle and his best friend, Lowly Worm, are anthropomorphic animals that make frequent appearances in Scarry’s books about the fictional world of Busytown. Huckle is a white cat with brown or orange red spots and is always portrayed wearing lederhosen. Approximately 7 years old, Huckle is the older brother of Sally Cat.

Scarry named his fictional character Huckle Cat after his son, Huckle, who was named for the title character in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Scarry called his son Huckle "Huck". Huck Scarry became an illustrator like his father, developing a book in the style of his father’s Busytown books, which were based on sketches he found after his father’s death.

While Huckle is the title character in two of Scarry’s books (Huckle’s Book, 1979; Huckle Cat’s Busiest Day Ever,1992), Huckle and Lowly are among the characters who appear most in Busytown. In addition to appearing in Scarry’s books, there are a variety of adaptations of Busytown in which Huckle and Lowly feature prominently or are the main characters. The Busy World of Richard Scarry (1993-1997) and Busytown Mysteries (also known as Hurray for Huckle!) (2007-2010) are animated series set in Busytown. In Busytown Mysteries, Huckle and Lowly solve mysteries by examining evidence. Huckle is also a main character in educational video games for PC and Sega, an iPhone app called Richard Scarry’s Busytown , and Busytown, a musical adapted from Scarry’s books.