Curious George Takes a Job, Part I: Following his nose, George sniffs his way to Chef Pisghetti's Ristorante where he finds Gnocchi the cat being tormented by her enormous ribbon. While the Chef is cooking up a meal to tempt a restaurant critic, George and Gnocchi experiment with kitchen magic. They learn that when cooking, not everything becomes floppy like spaghetti and some things don't really belong in the pasta pot. EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE: To show properties of substances can be changed by heating and dissolving. Curious George Takes a Job, Part II: After George's success helping Chef Pisghetti impress the restaurant critic, the Chef suggests that George help his friend Mr. Glass wash the windows of his skyscraper-The Glass Palace. A perfect job for a little monkey! But maybe not a curious monkey because George can't help but be distracted by some amazing shadows he sees inside the windows. EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE: To illustrate that light travels in straight lines and that an object placed in the path of light produces a shadow.