George lived with the man in the yellow hat, who brought him from the jungle many years ago.
The man in the yellow hat needed money. He was drinking a lot, and playing something called “the numbers.†A big, hairy man named Mario was going to come and break his kneecaps with a ball-peen hammer.
One day, the man in the yellow hat saw an ad in the newspaper. Then he and George drove in his car to Lederle Labs.
As soon as they got there, George was shot with a dart gun.
When George woke up, he was in a little cage. The man in the yellow hat was gone, but there was a man in a white lab coat. George was very unhappy until he noticed all the other monkeys around. Then he felt better.
The man in the white coat gave George food and things to look at. George particularly enjoyed the copy of “Lusty, Lusty, Big ‘n’ Busty†that he grabbed when the man wasn’t looking.
One morning, George was let out of his cage. “Today we are going to do an experiment,†said the man. “Get in this box.†George was excited. This would be fun!
But it wasn’t! Every so often, the box shocked George and he couldn’t get out. The man in the white coat was writing something, and ignored his screeching.
