The Complete Adventures of Curious George (30 page)

and cats have whiskers.

George did not have whiskers
but he was curious how
he would look if he did.

The next letter of the alphabet is X.

The big X and the small x look alike, only one is big and one is small, just like the big W and the small w, or the V, or the U, or the S, and some of the other letters.

"BUT," said the
man, "there are few words that start with an X and they don't look like an X—

except one, and that is
Xmas!"

Santa stands for Xmas.
There is only one Santa so we need only one picture.
George thought Xmas was exciting.

The big Y

is a big YAK

and the small y

is a small yak: he is still young.
Yaks live in Tibet. If you haven't seen any yaks yet
you may find one at the zoo.

The big Z

is a big ZEBRA,

and the small z is a small zebra.

The zebras are zipping along with zest.

"And do you know what?" said the man, "Z is the last letter. Now you know all the 26 letters of the alphabet— and NOW you may have the doughnuts."

THE END