GEORGE AND MARTHA by James Marshall

George and Martha were very good friends. Martha loved making split pea soup. Some days, she made pots and pots of the same soup. George however, hated pea soup so much. One day, after finishing 10 bowls, George had enough. He put his last bowl of soup into his loafers but Martha saw this. Martha asked George why he didn’t tell her that hated pea soup. George said she didn’t want to hurt her feelings. Martha said it’s ok and she’ll never cook it again. In another time, George wanted to fly in a hot air balloon. One time, he tried to ride in one but unfortunately, the basket was too heavy so the balloon couldn’t fly. So George got out and away the balloon went. Another time, George liked peeping in windows. One day, he peeped into Martha’s window while she was taking a bath. Martha got angry and she said friends need privacy too. In another time, Martha really liked looking at herself, even waking up in the middle of the night just to look at herself. One day, George got fed up and je played a trick in Martha and told her that she’ll get ugly if she looks too often in the mirror. Martha believed him so she never looked into the mirror again. In the last story, One day George accidentally tripped while going to Martha’s house. He broke off his right front tooth which was his favorite. George cried and cried and Martha tried making him happy. The next day, he got golden tooth from the dentist. He was happy because he had Martha as a real friend who always looked in the bright side of things and always told the truth.