The Complete Adventures of Curious George (17 page)

What a welcome for George!

Professor Wiseman hung a big golden medal around his neck. "Because," he said, "you are the first living being to come back to earth from a space flight." And on the medal it said: To G
EORGE, THE
F
IRST
S
PACE
M
ONKEY.

Then a newspaperman took his picture and everybody shouted and cheered, even the farmer and his son, and the kind woman from next door (who had worked for hours to get the water out of the room).

"I'm proud of you, George," said the man with the yellow hat. "I guess the whole world is proud of you today."

It was the happiest day in George's life.

The End

Curious George
Flies a Kite

This is George.

He lives in the house of the man with the yellow hat.

George is a little monkey, and all monkeys are curious.

But no monkey is as curious as George.

That is why his name is Curious George.

"I have to go out now," said the man with the yellow hat.

"Be a good little monkey till I come back.

Have fun and play with your new ball, but do not be too curious."

And the man went out.

It was a lot of fun for George to play with his big new ball.

The ball went up, and George went up, and the ball went down, and George went down.

George could do a lot of tricks with his ball too.

This was one of the tricks.

He could get up on the ball like this.

Or do it this way, with his head down.

This was another trick George could do.

He could hold the ball on his head, like this.

Look—no hands.

What a good trick!

But—but where did the ball go?

George ran after it.

The ball had gone into another room.

There was a big window in the room.

George liked to look out of that window.

He could see a lot from there.

He let the ball go and looked out.