The Complete Adventures of Curious George (26 page)

The big E

is an ELEPHANT.
He is eating his EVENING meal: EGGPLANTS.
George loved ELEPHANTS.

The small e

could be the ear of a man,

or the ear of a monkey.
People's ears and monkeys' ears
look very much alike.

The big F

is a FIREMAN FIGHTING a FIRE.
Never FOOL the FIRE DEPARTMENT,
or you go to jail, and that's no FUN.

The small f

is a flower.
George's friend was fond of flowers.
George preferred food.

The big G

is a GOOSE.
GOOSE starts with a G, like GEORGE

The small g

is a goldfish.
He is in a glass bowl and looks gay.

DAD ED
BAD
bag cage
bed feed

"Now you know seven letters, George," said the man, "A, B, C, D, E, F, G. With these letters we can already make quite a few words. I have written some of them down: you read them while I get you your lunch."

"It seems the only word you can read is BAD," said the man when he came back. "I think we had enough for one morning. I'll feed you now and then you take your nap. After your nap we'll go on with our letters."

The big H

is a HOUSE.
It stands on a HILL behind a HEDGE.
George's HOME used to be the jungle.
Now he lives in a HOUSE.

The small h

is a horse.
He is happy because he has heaps of hay.
George had his own horse—a hobby horse.

The big I

is just a long line
going straight down. It does
not look like much. It could be an
ICICLE

BRRR!

The small i is a line with a dot on top.
It could be an iguana.

An iguana is a sort of lizard.
Iguanas don't like ice. They like the warm sunshine.
So does George.

The big J
is a JAGUAR.

JAGUARS live in the JUNGLE.
George knew JAGUARS.
He had lived in the JUNGLE once.