Candy Counter


 * Narrator: It had been a particularly rewarding day at the Going Out of Business Store.
 * (video game trilling)
 * Curious George: (dreams about him in a banana hammock)
 * Narrator: George couldn't imagine how this day could get any better.
 * Curious George: (sighs) Huh?
 * Narrator: Or maybe it could.
 * Curious George: (chattering)
 * Narrator: Mabel's Department Store had added a fresh homemade candy counter.
 * Curious George: Ooh! (chatters) Ah!
 * Aunt Margaret: Oh, I don't know about you, but I simply can't walk away from blue candy.
 * Curious George: (chattering)
 * Aunt Margaret: But I can't carry this into Mabel's.
 * (video game trilling)
 * Curious George: Ooh!
 * Cayley: The pyramid sort of enhances the pinkness, don't you think?
 * Aunt Margaret: Mm.
 * Cayley: I'm working on rhombus shape, but it keeps falling over.
 * Betsy: A rhombus?
 * Cayley: It's a work in progress. Anyway, welcome to Cayley's Candies I'm Cayley.
 * Aunt Margaret: We'd like four small boxes.
 * Cayley: Great. This is my first order today.
 * Narrator: No one could wait till they got home to try the chocolates.
 * Curious George: Ooh! Huh? Hey! (chattering)
 * Steve: Hey, George's box has four, not six. You got shortchanged.
 * Aunt Margaret: He can have two of mine. I just wanted a taste anyway.
 * Steve: So can I have your other three?
 * Curious George: (chattering)
 * Narrator: George didn't think it was fair for anyone to sacrifice.
 * Curious George: (hooting)
 * Narrator: There was only one right thing to do.
 * Cayley: (groans) Oh, nuts!
 * Curious George: (chatters)
 * Cayley: Oh, you want to buy two more?
 * Curious George: Uh-uh.
 * Cayley: You're missing two.
 * Curious George: (chatters)
 * Cayley: How do I know you didn't eat them?
 * Curious George: Hmm. (chattering)
 * Cayley: You most certainly haven't eaten any chocolate. Boy, you sure have nice teeth.
 * Curious George: (chuckles)
 * Cayley: Pick any two you want.
 * Curious George: (chattering)
 * Cayley: Sorry, I shortchanged you. I put some of these boxes together at home and my cat distracts me.
 * Curious George: (chatters) (sniffs) (sighs happily)
 * Cayley: Oh, dear. I need to pick up more stock, but I can't just leave. Hey, would you mind watching the counter?
 * Curious George: (chatters)
 * Cayley: You're obviously extremely honest. And I've hardly had any busines all day. All you have to do is watch the chocolates while I'm gone.
 * Curious George: (chattering)
 * Cayley: Thank you so much.
 * Narrator: The mysterious rhombus.
 * Curious George: Hmmm. (chattering) (dreams about rhombuses)
 * Narrator: George wondered if he could make a rhombus. It didn't seem hard.
 * Curious George: (hooting) Ah.
 * Narrator: Why did other shapes stack better?
 * Curious George: Ah. (chattering) (groans) (hooting) Aw... Ah. (chatters)
 * Narrator: Maybe they went together by shape, not color. George concentrated on his work.
 * (man clears throat)
 * Curious George: Huh?
 * Narrator: George hadn't expected any customers.
 * Man #1: I want a box of chocolates for my wife. Do you have mints?
 * Curious George: (chatters)
 * Man #1: Are these mints?
 * Curious George: Huh?
 * Man #1: Well, what are those?
 * Curious George: (chattering)
 * Man #1: Uh, that doesn't look like a mint.
 * Narrator: The next blue one had the same filling and it still wasn't mint.
 * Man #1: Well, don't you have a flavor chart?
 * Curious George: (hooting)
 * Man #1: Look, I have more shopping to do. I'll be back for those mints.
 * Curious George: (groans)
 * Narrator: A mint had to be somewhere.
 * Curious George: Oh...
 * Narrator: George realized the candies that looked alike had the same filling, so he wouldn't have to bite all of them to find a mint. Just one of each.
 * Woman #1: Hi, I'd like eight pinks and four greens in two boxes.
 * Curious George: (hooting)
 * Woman #1: Um, I said eight pinks and four greens in two boxes.
 * Curious George: Aw...
 * Narrator: Wasn't that what he just did?
 * Old Man: Oh, what colorful candies. I want a pink one.
 * Curious George: (chattering fretfully)
 * Old Man: I'd like a black one.
 * Curious George: Hmm... Okay, okay!
 * Old Man: (off-screen) I'd like a blue one.
 * Curious George: (chatters)
 * Old Man: I'm only playing half price for this, unless you have the other half. Do you have the other half?
 * Woman #1: Can you please prepare my boxes? I'm going to miss my bus.
 * Old Man: I'd like a white one. Or a red one. Or maybe another blue one.
 * Narrator: George wanted to stop the interruptions so he could work on this box problem.
 * Woman #2: Oh, are you giving out free samples?
 * Boy: Gimme, gimme, gimme, Mommy, gimme!
 * Woman #1: My order, please? Hello?
 * Curious George: (chatters)
 * Narrator: George just wanted to keep everyone quiet so he could think.
 * Man #2: Ooh! Free samples.
 * Man #3: Wonderful!
 * Woman #3: I'll have another, please.
 * Old Man: (murmuring)
 * Cayley: Huh, customers. Who would have thunk? Eight pinks and four greens.
 * Woman #1: In two boxes!
 * Cayley: Oh, of course.
 * Curious George: Aha!
 * Cayley: Thank you.
 * Man #1: I'd like a box of mints.
 * Cayley: You got it. (sighs) We sold a ton. That's fantastic!
 * Curious George: Yeah. Hmmm. (chattering)
 * Man #4: Hey, thanks for the free samples, Cayley. Mm, tasty.
 * Cayley: Free samples? Did you give away some candy?
 * Curious George: Mm-hmm.
 * (cash register rings)
 * Cayley: We sold 25 candies and gave away 190!
 * Curious George: (puzzled chatter)
 * Cayley: I didn't make enough money to buy more ingredients. I can't afford to make any more chocolates.
 * Curious George: Hmm?
 * Cayley: Once these are sold, that's it. I'm out of business.
 * Curious George: (sad groan)
 * Cayley: Oh, that's okay. You didn't realize.
 * Curious George: (chattering sadly)
 * Narrator: All George could do was go home. It would be a long, sad walk to the apartment.
 * Cayley: (sighs) Hey, it's a rhombus. Monkey?!
 * Curious George: (chatters sadly) George felt so bad, he couldn't even try one chocolate.
 * Curious George: (sighs)
 * Man with the Yellow Hat: Hmm. Look at those. I have never seen blue candy before. These are amazing! First thing tomorrow, George, we are getting some candy!
 * Curious George: (whines) (dreams about Cayley)
 * Narrator: George didn't think Cayley would be too happy to see him again.
 * Cayley: (screaming) Oh, no, it's that monkey who gave away all my candy!
 * Curious George: (sad groan)
 * Narrator: George wanted to avoid seeing Cayley without seeming vious.
 * Curious George: (gleeful chattering)
 * Man with the Yellow Hat: Oh, George, you don't need a tie. Don't you want to buy some candy?
 * Curious George: (chattering sadly)
 * (customers clamoring)
 * Man with the Yellow Hat: Wow. Maybe we should have come earlier, huh?
 * Cayley: Oh, it's you! Hey, can you give me a hand?
 * Curious George: (agreeable chatter)
 * Cayley: The free samples were a huge hit! Everyone's coming back to buy more!
 * Curious George: (chatters with joy)
 * Cayley: Let's get to work!
 * Curious George: (chattering very fast)
 * Cayley: We're nearly sold out! And I have tons of advance orders! Now I can go buy more ingredients!
 * (cash register rings)
 * Man with the Yellow Hat: George, you are a sorting whiz. When we get home you can organize the closets.
 * Curious George: Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh.
 * Cayley: Well, I'd better go get those ingredients. You can watch the counter, right?
 * Curious George: (hooting agreeably)
 * Man with the Yellow Hat: What?
 * Curious George: Ah! (worried chatter)
 * Old Man: I need two dozen mints, 15 pinks, 11 whites in 16 boxes. And then it starts to get complicated. 13 blue ones, 8 green ones, one black and white one in however many boxes that fills...
 * Man with the Yellow Hat: George?
 * Old Man: 4 reds, 5 whites...
 * Man with the Yellow Hat: George!
 * Old Man: 6 blues, 19 purple-dot triangley ones and 53 cylinders evenly distributed in small boxes...
 * Man with the Yellow Hat: George!!
 * Old Man: then 131 blue ones individually wrapped with tiny green ribbons that read, "Happy Arbor Day..."
 * Boy: Mmm... George is a monkey, and he can do stuff we can't do.
 * Girl #1: He knocked over all the candy at the store. This is the recycling shop.
 * Yvonne: Thanks for coming to the Boston Children's Museum today.
 * Girl #1: What I need you to do is to help me put the items where they go. I'm sorting the stuff just like George did. Sorting means putting things in the right places.
 * Girl #2: I put them in there because they kinda look alike, but they have decorations on them. Oh, no, no. I thought they go over there, and then when I was walking past I saw that these two go right here.
 * Boy: I was trying to find a place for these.
 * Yvonne: Sometimes I get products that are new and I don't have a place for them.
 * Boy: And then I found a place right here to put these, right next to the papers and the books.
 * Yvonne: Give me five. Way to go.