The Complete Adventures of Curious George (18 page)

George could see Bill on his bike and the lake with a boat on it.

George could see a big house in a little garden and a little house in a big garden.

The big house was the house where Bill lived.

But who lived in the little house?

George was curious.

Who could live in a house that was so little?

George had to find out, so he went to the big garden.

The garden had a high wall, but not too high for a monkey.

George got up on the wall.

All he had to do now was jump down— so George jumped down into the big garden.

Now he could take a good look at the little house.

And what did he see?

A big white bunny and a lot of little bunnies.

George looked and looked and looked.

Bunnies were something new to him.

How funny they were!

The big bunny was Mother Bunny.

She was as big as George.

But the little bunnies were so little that George could hold one of them in his hand, and that is what he wanted to do.

How could he get a bunny out of the house?

A house must have a door to get in and to get out.

But where was the door to the bunny house?

Oh—there it was!

George put his hand in and took out a baby bunny.

What fun it was to hold a baby bunny!

And the bunny did not mind.

It sat in his hand, one ear up and one ear down and looked at George, and George looked back at it.

Now he and the bunny could play in the garden.

They could play a game.

They could play Get the Bunny.

George would let the bunny hop away, and then he would run after it and get it back.

George put the bunny down.

Then he looked away.

One—two—run!

The bunny was off like a shot.

George did not look.

Now he had to wait a little.

One—two—three—four—he waited.

Then George looked up.

Where was the bunny?

He could not see it.

Where was it?

Where had it gone?

George looked for it here, and he looked for it there.

He could not find it.

Where was the bunny?

It could not get out of the garden.

It could not get up the wall the way George could.

It could not fly away.

It had to be here—but it was not.

The bunny was gone, and all the fun was gone too.