Curious George Rides a bike

Curious George Rides a bike

This morning George was curious the moment he woke up because he knew it was a special day...

At breakfast George's friend said: "Today we are going to celebratebecause just three years ago this day I brought you home with me from the jungle.So tonight I'll take you to the animal show. But first I have a surprise for you."

He took George out to the yard where a big box was standing. George was very curious.

Out of the box came a bicycle.George was delighted; that's what he had always wanted.He knew how to ride a bicycle but he had never had one of his own.

"I must go now," said the man, "but I'll be back in time for the show.Be careful with your new bike and keep close to the house while I am gone!"

George could ride very well. He could even do all sorts of tricks (monkeys are good at that).

For instance he could ride this way, with both hands off the handle bar,

and he could ride this way, like a cowboy on a wild bronco,

and he could also ride backwards.But after a while George got tired of doing tricks and went out into the street.

The newsboy was just passing by with his bag full of papers."It's a fine bike you have there," he said to George."How would you like to help me deliver the papers?"

He handed George the bag and told him to do one side of the street first and then turn back and do the other side.

George was very proud as he rode off with his bag.

He started to deliver the papers on one side of the street as he had been told.When he came to the last house he saw a little river in the distance.George was curious: he wanted to know what the river was like,so instead of turning back to deliver the rest of the papers he just went on.

There was a lot to see at the river: a man was fishing from the bridge,a duck family was paddling downstream, and two boys were playing with their boats.George would have liked to stop and look at the boats,but he was afraid the boys might find out that he had not delivered all the papers. So he rode on.

While riding along George kept thinking of boats all the time.It would be such fun to have a boat - but how could he get one? He thought and thought - and then he had an idea.

He got off the bicycle, took a newspaper out of the bag and began to fold it.

First he folded down the corners, like this,

then he folded both edges up, brought the ends together, and flattened it sidewise.

Then he turned one corner up, then the other one, again brought the ends together,

and flattened it sidewise. Then, gently, he pulled the ends open - and there was his BOAT!

Now the moment had come to launch the boat. Would it float? It did!

So George decided to make some more boats.Finally he had used up all the papers and had made so many boats that he could not count them - a whole fleet.

Watching his fleet sailing down the river George felt like an admiral.But watching his fleet he forgot to watch where he was going -

suddenly there was a terrible jolt: the bicycle had hit a rock and George flew off the seat, head first.

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