While on a field trip to a fire station with Mrs. Gray's class, Curious George goes off on his own and is soon at the scene of a fire, where he finds a way to be helpful.
Captured by the Gotcha Bird one day when he was walking around with his nose in the air thinking he was big stuff, Monkey does some fast thinking to keep from being eaten.
Details the adventures of Monkey King, a mischievous monkey who acquires godlike powers, Piggy, who has a nine-pronged hoe and an insatiable appetite, and Monk Tang, an honest man, as they travel westward.
