The story is about Curious George's friend Jorge who is hosting a guest named Holly, a dog, at his house. Jorge is trying to make Holly feel at home by following a list of her needs and schedules. However, things don't go as planned, and Jorge has to deal with various challenges, including finding a plastic mouse that Holly needs to sleep.
Later, Jorge goes on an adventure to take photographs of animal footprints for a nature week project. He meets a friend who helps him find the footprints of a fawn, but Jorge becomes more interested in finding the footprints of a dinosaur. He uses his imagination and creates a story about a duck-billed dinosaur, even setting up a trap with fruits and vegetables to take a photograph.
In the end, Jorge's friend reveals that the large footprints they found were actually his own, and they were able to take photographs of deer footprints by using fruits and vegetables to attract them. The story showcases Jorge's creativity and imagination throughout his adventures.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Jorge had a guest, Holly, a dog, who spent the night at his house.
2. Holly's owner brought her toys, food, and cleaning supplies.
3. Holly had a list of needs and schedules that Jorge had to follow.
4. Holly's owner and Jorge had agreed to follow a certain routine.
5. It was the first time Holly's owner and Jorge had been separated in three years, seven months, and 15 days.
6. Jorge took care of Holly and made sure she felt at home.
7. Jorge played with Holly and fed her according to her schedule.
8. Holly had a favorite toy, a plastic mouse, that helped her sleep and chase away nightmares.
9. Jorge was supposed to watch TV with Holly, but he got anxious to see what was next on the list.
10. Jorge and Holly watched a show about monsters, but Jorge's owner reminded him that he wasn't allowed to watch monster shows at night because he had nightmares.
11. Jorge's owner suggested they watch a show about dogs instead.
12. Jorge and Holly went to bed, but Jorge had a nightmare and threw Holly's plastic mouse off the balcony.
13. The next day, Jorge's owner told him that he knew Jorge had a nightmare and didn't have a plastic mouse to comfort him.
14. Jorge's owner thanked him for taking care of Holly and said that dogs and monkeys don't always understand each other, but sometimes they can be good friends.
15. Jorge and his owner went on a nature walk to look for animal footprints.
16. They saw footprints of raccoons, frogs, and ducks, but not of a servato (a baby deer).
17. Jorge's owner told him that servatos are not common in the city and that they would have to go to the hills to find one.
18. Jorge's owner showed him where to find the servato, and Jorge took photographs of its footprints.
19. Jorge also saw footprints of a land snake, ducks, and a fish, but not of a giant duck or a dinosaur.
20. Jorge's owner told him that dinosaurs are extinct and don't exist in the present day.
21. Jorge saw a book with dinosaur footprints and thought that the footprints he saw might belong to a duck-billed dinosaur.
22. Jorge decided to leave food for the dinosaur, but since he didn't have dinosaur food, he used fruits and vegetables instead.
23. Jorge's owner told him that there were no hungry dinosaurs, but Jorge still wanted to take a photograph for nature week.
24. Jorge's owner suggested they take a photograph of a deer instead, and Jorge used fruits and vegetables to attract the deer to the house.
25. Jorge took magnificent photographs of the deer, and his owner was impressed.