Contains two stories featuring hippo friends George and Martha in which George must find a way to tell Martha he does not like the split pea soup she has made without hurting her feelings, and Martha consoles George when his plans to fly in a hot air balloon do not go as expected.
General Note
"The stories in this book were originally published by Houghton Mifflin Company in George and Martha, copyright 1972 ... renewed 2000"--P. facing t.p.