1.George and Harold

The Adventures OF CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS THE FIRST EPIC NOVEL BY DAY PILKEY CALDECOTT HONOR ARTIST

CHAPTER 1 GEORGE AND HAROLD Meet George Beard and Harold Hutchins. George is the kid on the left with the tie and the flat-top. Harold is the one on the right with the T-shirt and the bad haircut. Remember that now.

George and Harold were best friends. They had a lot in common. They lived right next door to each other and they were both in the same fourth-grade class at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School. George and Harold were usually responsible kids. Whenever anything bad happened, George and Harold were usually responsible.

But don't get the wrong idea about these two. George and Harold were actually very nice boys. No matter what everybody else thought, they were good, sweet, and lovable... Well, OK, maybe they weren't so sweet and lovable, but they were good nonetheless.

It's just that George and Harold each had a "silly streak" a mile long. Usually that silly streak was hard to control. Sometimes it got them into trouble. And once it got them into big, BIG trouble. But before I can tell you that story, I have to tell you this story...