(lively drum intro) ♫You never do know what's around the bend♫ ♫Big adventure or a brand-new friend♫ ♫When you're curious like Curious George♫ ♫ Swing!

♫ ♫Well, every day♫ ♫ Every day ♫ ♫Is so glorious♫ ♫ Glorious ♫ George!

♫And everything♫ ♫ Everything ♫ ♫Is so wondrous♫ ♫ Wondrous ♫ ♫There's more to explore when you open the door♫ ♫And meet friends like this, you just can't miss♫ ♫I know you're curious♫ ♫ Curious ♫ ♫And that's marvelous♫ ♫ Marvelous ♫ ♫And that's your reward♫ ♫You'll never be bored♫ ♫If you ask yourself, "What is this?

"♫ ♫Like Curious...♫ ♫Like Curious...

Curious George.♫ Oh... Captioning sponsored by NBC/UNIVERSAL NARRATOR: When you're a little monkey in a big city, it helps to know where you're going.

So Steve and George made a map with lots of landmarks.

Landmarks are important, because they tell you where you are.

Like, this is my house, and this is the dinosaur bush, and here is the statue of the old guy with the beard, the statue of the old guy with the beard and glasses, red rock.

GEORGE: Uh-huh, uh-huh!

(gasps) Oh!

Look!

Giant ants!

(screams) Aah!

Wow!

(barking) (giggles) They're not really giant.

(barking) Huh?

They just look giant, because they're so close to this teeny-tiny camera.

See?

Ooh... yeah!

Hey, where'd you get that?

Professor Wiseman.

She's coming to get it in an hour.

(gasps) But I forgot-- I have dance class!

Uh, we can wait for her.

Right, George?

Uh-huh!

You won't lose it, will you?

(chuckles) Like I'd lose it.

I'm not some little kid, Betsy.

(chuckles) Yeah, right.

Well, thanks.

(barking) Oh.

(laughing) That is so cool!

Hey, watch this.

Deep from the heart of darkness, comes something truly terrifying.

Hogie, the giant hamster!

(laughs) (growling) (George growling) Oh, no!

My two-sided marker!

(grunts) I can't see it.

I know-- let's get Hogie to find it!

Huh?

Oh, yeah.

Okay, Hogie, find the marker, boy!

STEVE: Hey!

I've been looking for that!

(grunts) George couldn't believe all the stuff under Aunt Margaret's couch.

Ah.

Stairs?

Huh?!

(screams) (Hogie squeaking) What's the matter, George?

(chattering) STEVE: Hey, that looks like the alley outside.

Outside?!

Outside?!

Oh, no!

Hogie's escaped, and he's got Professor Wiseman's camera!

STEVE: Bicycle, bicycle, bicycle, bicycle... Phew!

Phew!

(groans) How am I gonna find a little bitty hamster out there?

Hmm.

(gasps, chatters) Good thinking.

We can look at the computer, and figure out where Hogie is.

(George chattering) STEVE: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Looks like he's near the dinosaur bush.

See?

It's right here on the map.

GEORGE: Ah...

Okay, we have to split up.

Someone has to watch the computer so we know where Hogie goes.

We can use my walkie-talkies to communicate.

(chatters) I'll tell you what landmarks I see here, and you can find them on the map and grab Hogie.

(chatters) So, the dino bush is here.

(chatters) To get to the dino bush the first thing George had to do was turn left down the alley.

But instead of finding a street... Huh?

...George found a park.

He had done something wrong.

He started at Aunt Margaret's here.

The park was at the top of the alley.

George wanted to be at the street at the bottom of the alley.

Huh.

He'd turned right instead of left.

If you're hurrying on a hamster hunt... you need a quick way to tell right from left.

Hmm.

And then George realized, the walkie-talkie ear was left, and the non-walkie-talkie ear was right.

Ah... Uh-huh.

Ah.

He was at the intersection below Aunt Margaret's.

The dino bush was on the next corner on his left.

(chatters) Walkie-talkie ear, left.

(chatters) If he had turned the way he was supposed to turn, the dino bush would be up ahead.

(chattering) Huh?

Ha-ha!

And it was.

(bell dings) But... Hogie wasn't.

(chatters "Hogie?

Hogie?")

(sighs sadly) STEVE (over radio): George?

George!

Hogie's on the move again!

Do you see him?

Uh-uh.

Okay.

He's standing beside some really big feet.

I think it's a statue.

(groans) Uh-oh.

George was in trouble.

There were two statues.

Which one was Hogie beside?

One statue is in the park.

That was a long walk for a little hamster.

Uh-uh.

But the other statue was between the park and the dino bush.

And there it was!

Maybe Hogie was beside that one.

Ooh... (bird chirping) STEVE: George, you're not gonna believe this, but Hogie can ride a bike!

He's riding toward a bunch of trees!

(chatters) Where were trees on the map?

(chattering) The park was in front of George.

He needed to go straight.

(George gasps) Wait.

He turned right.

STEVE (gasps): He's passing the bookstore.

Right was away from the walkie-talkie ear.

Okay.

He's turning right again... and biking past red rock.

(chatters) Red rock was one block in front of George, just to the right of the corner.

So George ran straight, then made a non-walkie-talkie turn right, and wound up exactly where he was supposed to be.

(chatters) And there was a bicycle.

But it wasn't a Hogie-sized bike.

(chatters) Uh...

I don't know where he is.

(squeaks) I can't see anything.

Aunt Margaret's house was down the next street.

Maybe Hogie had just gone home.

(jackhammer pounding) I'm getting a signal again.

Oh!

Hogie is really high up.

He's next to something really big and really orange.

(George sighs) (yells) Huh?

NARRATOR: George was here, and Hogie was at the construction site.

The quickest way was straight up.

(panting) (George gasping) Aha!

(squeaking) (cooing) (panicked squeaking) (gasps) Hogie can fly!

Huh?

(George gasps) (panicked hooting) Oh.

Aha!

Phew!

NARRATOR: George had Hogie.

Hey!

But Hogie didn't have the camera.

So who did?

(cooing) (cooing) (panicked chatter) (yells) (cooing) Oh... (sighs) I lost the world's most incredible hamster!

He can ride a bike and fly!

NARRATOR: George could chase the camera later.

First, he wanted to get Hogie home.

And he could get there without a map.

(cooing) George, Hogie landed in the park!

(dog panting) (barking) (cooing) (sniffing) Now he's walking.

And he's got a really big tongue.

George, do you copy?

George?!

GEORGE: Uh-huh!

Hogie!

I missed you, buddy!

Uh, w-wait.

If you're here, who's there?

Hey, that's our door!

Uh, coming, camera!

(barking and panting) Charkie?!

(panting) How did you get this?

(knocking) (Charkie barking) Hello, Steve.

Oh, hey, Professor.

I still have your camera for you.

(laughs) Thanks.

Oh, my!

Well, I've got to run.

Wait, Professor!

You have to see this!

My hamster can fly!

Come on, Hogie.

Show the professor.

Fly, buddy!

Fly!

(chatters) STEVE: Uh, we know you can fly.

I don't get it.

KID: George use To find Curious George and his friends every day online, swing by pbskids.org to play fun games and watch your favorite videos.

You can also read more Curious George adventures by visiting your local library.

Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org