The Complete Adventures of Curious George (24 page)

"I am so happy to have you back, George," said the man with the yellow hat.

"I was scared, and you must have been scared too.

I know you will not want to fly a kite again for a long, long time.

You must give it back to Bill when we get home."

"Hurrah!" Bill shouted when George came to give him the kite.

"George is back, and my kite is back too!"

And then Bill took George by the hand and went with him into the little garden,

and from the little garden into the big garden, where the bunny house was.

"Here is one of my baby bunnies," Bill said.

"Take it, it is for you!"

A baby bunny for George!

George took it in his hands and held it way up.

It was HIS bunny now.

He could take it home with him.

And that is
what he
did.

Curious George
Learns the Alphabet

This is George.

He lived with his friend, the man with the yellow hat. He was a good little monkey, but he was always curious.

This morning George was looking at some of his friend's books. They were full of little black marks and dots and lines, and George was curious: what could one do with them?

The man with the yellow hat came just in time.

"You don't tear a book apart to find out what's in it," he said. "You READ it, George. Books are full of stories. Stories are made of words, and words are made of letters. If you want to read a story you first have to know the letters of the alphabet. Let me show you."