[ Man ] ♪ You never do know what's around the bend ♪ ♪ A big adventure or a brand-new friend ♪ ♪ When you're curious like Curious George ♪ [ Chorus ] ♪ Swing ♪ ♪ Well, everything ♪ ♪ Everything ♪ ♪ Is so glorious ♪ George!

♪ And everything ♪ ♪ Everything ♪ ♪ Is so wonderous ♪ ♪ Wonderous ♪ ♪ There's more to explore ♪ ♪ When you open your door ♪ ♪ And meet friends like this You just can't miss ♪ ♪ Whoa ♪ ♪ Get 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!

[ Narrator ] On the first day of summer, George and Bill always played a game of monkey-rules baseball.

Ooh.

Okay.

Three balls and two strikes.

So here it is-- the pitch that will decide the entire game.

Ready?

Yeah.

- [ Grunts ] - [ Grunts, Hoots ] Got it.

Got it.

Got it.

Got it!

[ Hooting ] [ Groans ] Don't got it!

[ Narrator ] Monkey-rules baseball... is pretty much the same as regular baseball.

You run around the bases.

But then it gets complicated.

[ Exclaims ] You have to touch a fence, something blue-- [ Hoots ] a cow-- [ Moos ] and The Man with the Yellow Hat.

Oh!

Safe.

I assume you touched a cow.

[ Chitters ] [ Panting ] Hoo!

That makes it a tied score.

I guess you'll have to play one more game to decide the title.

[ Chitters ] Sorry.

No can do.

As a newspaper delivery specialist, I know from sad experience the dangers of getting overheated.

We need to cool off.

We should take an inaugural dip in my pool.

Whoo-hoo!

We'll cool right down once we get into that-- Ugh!

Tank of green stuff?

Huh?

Algae!

[ Groans ] A city kid like you probably doesn't know this-- Yuck.

but even though algae looks like grass, it's actually a lot of tiny organisms that grow in the water.

Oh!

Guess I should have covered the pool last fall.

[ Hoots ] The proper way to handle a situation like this... is to dump it out and fill it with clean water.

[ Chitters ] Ready.

One, two-- [ Together ] Three!

[ Grunts ] It's not working!

[ Grunts ] [ Grunts ] [ Both Groan ] You lift the bottom, and I'll pull the top to flip it over.

Uh-huh.

[ Grunting ] [ Grunts, Sighs ] Well, this isn't going to work.

[ Both Sigh ] We need a bulldozer to turn this over.

[ Whines ] Ah!

[ Chitters ] - A shovel?

- [ Hoots ] Uh-huh.

Not exactly the bulldozer I had in mind.

[ Groans ] - Uh-huh.

- Good idea, but it's going to take forever.

[ Gasps ] Hang on!

I know!

Hmm?

[ Singsongy ] Perfect.

Here.

[ Grunts ] [ Grunting ] [ Water Splashing ] [ Both Grunting ] Huh?

Ah!

[ Chitters ] [ Bill ] We've only emptied that much?

[ Groans ] These sure aren't moving enough water.

I need a break.

So hot.

Uh-huh.

[ Chitters ] Good idea.

The shade is a lot cooler.

I'll pour us some lemonade.

Yeah!

[ Grunting ] [ Groans ] My arms have given up.

[ Gasps ] I know.

[ Slurps, Swallows, Exhales ] I'm a genius.

Don't move, George.

I'll make you a really long one.

Uh-huh.

[ George Chitters ] I'll just stick a bunch of straws together.

Okay, that should be long enough.

Ah.

[ Grunts ] [ Narrator ] Sucking lemonade through that long straw... turned out to be hard work.

Oh.

[ Lemonade Draining ] But eventually, it came.

And kept coming.

The straw wanted to keep going.

How did the lemonade come out of the straw by itself?

Ooh!

Okay, let's go empty that pool.

Then we can really cool off.

Yeah.

Now what could we use to empty out the water?

[ Narrator ] Using a paddle... sure didn't take out much water.

And the sponges... clearly didn't either.

Neither would the boots.

[ Pots, Pans Clanking ] And pans weren't much better.

Well, at least we figured out this isn't a job for oars, rubber boots, sponges, blankets, buckets, pots, pans, cardboard boxes or yellow rain hats.

The water still hasn't gone down.

Hmm.

[ Hoots, Exclaims ] Yeah.

Something really big ought to do it.

Hmm.

Aha!

Perfect.

- [ Cow Moos ] - Has anyone been touching my cow?

[ Laughs ] We were playing baseball.

Oh.

Did you touch a fence?

[ Laughs ] Hey, can we borrow your grandpa's washtub?

Sure.

What're ya workin' on?

Wow.

That's the "greeniestest" thing I have ever, never seen.

Yeah, we know.

But we'll get that slimy water out fast with this.

[ All Grunting ] All together.

One, two-- [ Together ] Three!

[ All Grunting ] Whoa.

[ Giggles ] - [ Spigot Squeaks ] - [ Chitters ] [ Slurping ] [ Groans ] That was the hardest I've worked in my whole entire life so far today.

[ Narrator ] The hard work had made George thirsty, but he wasn't sure he trusted that straw.

[ Inhales, Chitters ] But this time, it didn't go by itself.

What was different?

Ooh.

George tried again from lower down, like he did before.

[ Slurps ] Hey!

[ Laughs ] Hey!

George invented an automatic straw.

Oh, you have the straw below the pitcher, and gravity is pulling the lemonade out.

[ Gasps ] Hey!

[ Hoots ] [ Narrator ] If the straw could drain a glass, what else could it drain?

Ah!

Is George gonna drink the pool?

George, don't drink the pool!

[ George Slurping ] [ Narrator ] George wasn't going to drink the pool.

He was going to drain it.

Aha!

[ Gasps ] It's emptying itself!

Wahoo!

We did it!

We did it!

Yes!

How fast is it emptying?

I think we need a bigger straw.

Yeah.

Like a dinosaur straw.

I don't think dinosaurs used straws.

- Dinosaurs didn't have hands, right?

- Right.

So how'd they drink their milk?

You got a point.

Hey.

[ Squeaking ] [ Grunts ] [ Narrator ] All George had to do... was get the end of the hose below the water level, suck the water in... and then let gravity take over.

But sucking water out of a hose was a lot harder than sucking it out of a straw.

[ Panting, Groaning ] Too bad we don't have a dinosaur.

A dinosaur would have that pool empty in a second.

Hmm.

[ Laughs ] [ Narrator ] He was going to give it his best dinosaur try.

[ Gasps, Shouts ] [ Gasps ] It works!

[ Exclaims ] Of course!

You were below the water level, and gravity pulled the water out.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Hey!

Not bad for a city kid.

[ Chuckles ] You did it, George!

Yeah.

Ha.

Hi, guys.

My hose sprung a leak.

Mind if I use yours, Bill?

I gotta water my plants.

Hey!

[ Narrator ] George had one more idea.

Wow.

What a great way to use a siphon.

Hey.

There's even a word for it.

Now we just have to clean the inside of the pool, fill it back up-- Then we'll be swimming in no time.

That's all?

Cannonball!

[ Hoots ] [ Laughing, Chattering ] [ Narrator ] The water was cold and clean.

[ Cheering ] [ Laughing ] So with a little help from a siphon, summer went swimmingly.

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