Table of Contents Characters 6 Dear Reader 7 Chapter 1 Our Darling FrouFrou 9 Get Lost 18 Chapter 2 Enough Is Enough 21 Chapter 3 A Letter from My Grandfather 31 Chapter 4 When Tomorrow Is Today 41 Do You Know Your Colors 48 Chapter 5 The Zintrepids Anthem 53 Chapter 6 Beware the Grouchy Bear 63 Topsy-Turvy 74 Chapter 7 In Belcher’s Cavern 75 Chapter 8 Operation Get Us Out of Here 85 Who Am I 94 Chapter 9 On the Right Track 95
Chapter 10 On the Other Side of the Wall 103 Chapter 11 Unexpected Reunions 113 Chapter 12 Scriiiii 117 Chapter 13 Batman 123 Tongue Twisters 128 Chapter 14 Daemon-Bat 129 Chapter 15 A Bridge-Quake 135 A Puzzle 150 Chapter 16 Back in the Open Air 151 Search and Find 156 Solutions 158
SHIFTY FROUFROU MUSKY YETI BILLY STUART FOXY THE ZINTREPIDS
DEAR READER Billy Stuart wasn’t exactly elected to this particular position He doesn’t wear a magical ring on his finger like Frodo He doesn’t have a secret collection of masks or stones hidden in his drawers like Zelda He hasn’t walked through life accom panied by a daemon like Lyra Nor does he have a distinctive lightning-shaped scar on his forehead like Harry Basically the future of the world does not rest on his thin and bony shoulders Billy Stuart is just a young ordinary raccoon who has experienced some extraordinary adventures Here is the first adventure he told me about One twelfth of January in the town of Cavendish 7
