In 1941, a book called Curious George told the story of a monkey named George, who was captured in Africa by a man with a yellow hat, and brought by ship to a big city to live in a zoo. In 1947, a second book told of George escaping from the zoo, and eventually being found by the man with the yellow hat, who takes him to his home. In the real world, there was also a very famous man named George, who became the first president of the United States.