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Daddy Owen: Well it’s about time they got their own day. Oh hi I didn’t see you come
in. Welcome to the reading nook. Would you like to hear a story? Well today we are returning
to the world of Curious George. Now we get to read about his next adventure, Curious
George Takes a Job. This is George, he lives in a zoo. He is so lucky. And of course the
zookeeper smokes. In the Curious George books smoking is a major theme. And while he is
smoking up Curious George steals the key and escapes. Oh no! Everyone, and I mean everyone
is looking for George. Where could he be? Is that him in the elephant cage? No! It’s
just an elephant dropping. Out of the zoo, onto a bus and into the big, big city. Curious
George looks for a job. “Oh no, no!” says the plump chef. “George do you have your
immigration papers? Uh no? That’s okay I got a job for you.” Clean those dishes George
I am sure your monkey paws are going to make those dishes nice and hygienic. What is he
going to do now? Clean windows. Dreams do come true. He get chased around by the doorman
and these guys in caps and another guy smoking because everyone smokes in Curious George
books. He runs out the window and BOOM! Falls on the ground. And suddenly his leg becomes
a curse of squiggle. Curious George is taken to the hospital. There he is looked after
with an enormous cast by a mean, red handed doctor. Meanwhile in the hospital Curious
George has escaped his cast and his bed. And what does he find? George was very curious
about the ether bottle. It smelled funny. Suddenly his head began to turn. Then he felt
as if he were flying. And then pretty-and wings and stars danced before his eyes. And
then everything went dark. I didn’t even have to make that up. George was found dead
next to the bottle of ether. The people tried to drown the monkey corpse but accidently
revived him. “He’s alive!” screamed the man with the yellow hat. Goodbye everything
is fine, now you’re addicted to ether. Now the fantasy continues and George drives out
to Hollywood for some reason. What’s happening? Curious George is becoming a movie star. That
way he can afford more ether and more ether and more ether. And everyone lines up to see
his new movie including many people smoking. And as the lights went down in the movie theater
the man in the yellow hat whispered to George “you’re bigger than Tom Cruise. I mean
physically larger than Tom Cruise.” Well join us next time when we continue the adventures
of Curious George. And Curious George wakes up to realize the whole movie star fantasy
was just an ether induced hallucination and he is really just a beast behind bars at a
underfinanced zoo. Thanks for being here. Ether.