Dear mouse friends, Welcome to the world of

Dear mouse friends, Welcome to the world of

The RodenT s GazeTTe Editorial Staff

Geronimo Stilton A learned and brainy mouse; editor of The Rodent s Gazette Thea Stilton Geronimo s sister and special correspondent at The Rodent s Gazette Trap Stilton An awful joker; Geronimo s cousin and owner of the store Cheap Junk for Less Benjamin Stilton A sweet and loving nine-year-old mouse; Geronimo s favorite nephew

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Snore, Snore, Snore... Squeak? One calm spring morning, I was home in my mousehole snoring away in my comfy little bed... Z zzz.. 1

Snore, Snore, Snore... Squeak? Well, I was snoozing peacefully until suddenly someone started throwing rocks at my bedroom window! Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang! I checked the time. Holey cheese it was five o clock in the morning! I rolled over and closed my eyes, muttering, Slimy Swiss balls, go away I m sleepy! Then someone rang the buzzer. Bzzzzz -bz-bzzz-bzzz-bzzz... BZZZZZZZZZZZ! Slimy Swiss balls, go away! Who could it be?

Snore, Snore, Snore... Squeak? I put the pillow over my head and grumbled, Some of us are in the middle of very important sleeping! But a moment later, I heard a knock on my door. knock, Knock, knock, Ding! At the same time, my home phone started ringing. I was getting all kinds of text messages and emails on my cell phone, too! Ring ring riiiiing! Ding! Bing! Ding! knock, Bing! Bing! knock, knock,knock! Putrid cheese puffs, that s enough! Ding! Ding! Ding!

Snore, Snore, Snore... Squeak? I ROLLED out of bed, yelling at the top of my lungs, Putrid cheese puffs, that s enough! I want to sleep! Just then, someone shouted, Geronimooooo! I couldn t tell who in the world was squeaking. This wasn t just one voice it was a whole chorus of different voices! Even so, they sounded familiar... Thundering cattails! Sighing, I trudged out my front door and could hardly believe my eyes! Parked in front of my house was an ultra-modern Super RV. You may think I m squeaking nonsense, dear rodent friends, but I swear that this RV... 4

Snore, Snore, Snore... Squeak?... was as long as a train car!... was as wide as a truck!... and was as tall as a three-story house! Basically, the cheese-colored Super RV was completely enormouse! And that s not all! Most of my family and friends were poking their snouts out of the RV s windows. Those were the voices I d heard! 5

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HEATED OLYMPIC- SIZED POOL COMMAND CENTER SAUNA RASCAL GRABBER LIBRARY DRIVER S SEAT Super rv This is an RV unlike any other it transforms into all different fabumouse vehicles! It can drive on the street like a car, fly in the sky like a plane, or sail the seas like a boat.