Curious George Visits the Zoo
MARGRET and H.A. REY
MARGRET & H.A. REY'S
Curious George
Visits the Zoo
Adapted from the Curious George film series edited by Margret Rey and Alan J. Shalleck
Houghton Mifflin Company Boston
Copyright © 1985 by Houghton Mifflin Company
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Curious George visits the zoo/edited by Margret Rey and Alan J. Shalleck.
p. cm.
"Adapted from the Curious George film series."
Summary: Curious George visits the zoo and manages to both cause trouble and make up
for it in his inimitable fashion.
ISBN 0-395-39036-2
PA ISBN 0-395-39030-3
1. Children's stories, American. [1.Monkeys—Fiction. 2. Zoos—Fiction] I. Rey, Margret.
II. Shalleck, Alan J. III. Curious George visits the zoo (Motion Picture)
PZ7.C9219 1985 [E] 85-2415
Printed in Singapore
TWP 40 39 38
"George," said the man.
"How would you like to see a real elephant? Let's go to
the zoo."
There was a lot to see at the zoo.
There were the giraffes, with their necks so long
they seemed to reach the sky.
There were the kangaroos carrying their babies in a
special pocket.
And finally there were the elephants with their floppy
ears and their long trunks munching on hay.
It was lunchtime.
People were eating on the park benches
and picnicking on the grass.
"I am going to find out what time they feed the lions,"
said the man with the yellow hat. "Wait here and don't get
into trouble."
While George was waiting, he saw a zookeeper with a
pail of bananas for the monkeys.
The keeper put the pail down to get a drink at the water fountain.
George was hungry. He grabbed the pail and ran away with it.
"Hey!" shouted the keeper. "Stop that monkey!"
But George kept on running.
A crowd of people was standing near the monkey house—
just the place for George to hide!
Standing by the cage was a little boy holding a red balloon with a long string.
Suddenly one of the monkeys reached out, snatched the
string from the boy's hand,
and ran to the top of the cage.
Then he tried to squeeze the balloon through the bars.
The other monkeys started to shriek and scream.
The little boy was crying.
"Please, couldn't somebody get his balloon back?"
asked the mother. None of the people could reach that high.
But George knew what to do! With the pail in his hand,
he climbed up to the top of the cage.
He took a few bananas and fed them to the monkeys.
While the monkeys were eating, George snatched the
balloon and swung down from the cage.
He handed the balloon back to the boy.
Everybody clapped and cheered.
Just then the man with the yellow hat came running. "George!"
the man cried, "I have been looking all over for you!"
"Please don't be angry with him," said the mother.
"He saved my son's balloon."
"George should not have taken my pail," said the keeper,
"but he did feed the monkeys."
"And now it's time to feed ourselves, George,"
said the man.
And that's what they did.
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About the Author
Hans Augusto Rey was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1898. As a child, he spent much of his free time in that city’s famous Hagenbeck Zoo drawing animals. After serving in the army during World War I, he studied philology and natural science at the University of Hamburg. He then married Margret Rey and they moved to Montmartre for four years. The manuscript for the first Curious George books was one of the few items the Reys carried with them on their bicycles when they escaped from Paris in 1940. Eventually, they made their way to the United States, and Curious George was published in 1941. Curious George has been published in many languages, including French, German, Japanese, Afrikaans, and Norwegian. Additional Curious George books followed, as well as such other favorites as CECILY G. AND THE NINE MONKEYS and FIND THE CONSTELLATIONS.