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  • (playful piano music)

  • - [Narrator] Curious George, the beloved children's book

  • character is a mischievous monkey

  • who's inquisitiveness gets him in all kinds of trouble.

  • But before he reached global fame,

  • George started as a drawing in the basket

  • of a jerry-rigged bicycle escaping the Nazi's.

  • (bicycle bell dings)

  • (Latin beat music)

  • It's 1935 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

  • Jewish-German artists and newlyweds

  • Margret Waldstein and Hans Reyersbach

  • were living in an apartment with two pet monkeys

  • that were always causing trouble.

  • (French bistro music)

  • On their honeymoon in Paris, Hans and Margaret

  • fell in love with the city

  • and decided to move there.

  • They spent the next four years

  • writing and illustrating children's books.

  • One character was inspired by their pets

  • in Brazil, a monkey named Fifi.

  • (dramatic music)

  • But World War II was underway,

  • and in May 1940, Nazi Germany crossed into France

  • with their sights set on Paris.

  • Hans and Margret planned to escape to New York

  • on a ship leaving for Lisbon, Portugal,

  • but there were no more trains out of Paris.

  • After a desperate search for transportation,

  • they finally found a bicycle store

  • that was nearly empty.

  • Hans had to improvise.

  • So he bought spare parts

  • and cobbled together two makeshift bicycles.

  • The next morning Hans and Margret

  • loaded their bicycles with as much as they could carry,

  • including of course,

  • their manuscripts for the Adventures of Fifi.

  • They pedaled south for four full days

  • to the nearest working train station,

  • finally arriving in Lisbon

  • to board a ship to Rio de Janeiro.

  • (gentle music)

  • From Rio, Hans, Margaret and Fifi

  • were able to safely board a ship to New York.

  • It was here that they published Fifi's first book,

  • but decided to give him a new,

  • more American name, George,

  • Curious George.

  • After the war, Hans and Margret became US citizens,

  • happily living out their days in the States.

  • And George, his story isn't over.

  • The little monkey has sold 75 million books,

  • has been translated into over 15 languages,

  • and has his own TV show

  • and three full-length movies.

  • But most importantly, he continues to delight

  • curious children around the world.

(playful piano music)

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好奇心旺盛なジョージがナチスを脱出した日 (The Day Curious George Escaped the Nazis)

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    許大善 に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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