The line "Happy thoughts come to those with baked goods and fat cats." means that the reasons behind having happy thoughts include baked goods and fat cats. Maybe the person who said this loves cats and cookies, cakes, and pastries. <span />
"you have your head in the clouds" and "it's raining cats and dogs"
I'll just rewrite the sentence how it's supposed to sound...
My bike tire was low, i wasn't surprised that it went flat just as it began to rain.
Answer:
The central idea of this passage is to tell the reader about good and bad examples of fatherhood.
Explanation:
The man with the child uses the "unfatherly expression, 'Well! give me peace in my day.'" Further down, it notes that a generous parent "should have said, 'If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace;'".