Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novel #3: The Coliseum Con
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MORNING IN NEW MOUSE CITY A WARM BREEZE WAS BLOWING GIVING THE CITY A TASTE OF SPRING THE COLISEUM CON BUT THAT VERY MORNING MY ALARM CLOCK DIDN’T GO OFF AND I WAS VERY LATE OH EXCUSE ME I HAVEN’T INTRODUCED MYSELF YET MY NAME IS STILTON GERONIMO STILTON AND I EDIT THE RODENT’S GAZETTE THE MOST FAMOUSE PAPER ON MOUSE ISLAND SO AS I WAS SAYING I WAS RUNNING WHEN PUFF PUFF SLAM SQUEAK 5
SQUEAK MY POOR TAIL SQUEEAK MY POOR PAW SQUEEEAK MY POOR NOSE I FINALLY GOT TO THE OFFICE BUT MY TROUBLES WEREN’T OVER BAM OOPS GERONIMO THERE’S A VERY IMPORTANT VISITOR FOR YOU IT WAS THE FAMOUS OPERA SINGER RATIDO DOMINGO AH GOOD MORNING DR STILTON UM GOOD MORNING I GREATLY ADMIRE YOUR BOOKS AND I KNOW YOU’LL BE ABLE TO FIND THE RIGHT WORDS TO DESCRIBE MY ART LISTEN I INTEND TO PUBLISH MY BIOGRAPHY AND I WANT YOU TO write it M-ME BE GONE OH RAT FADE AWAY MOZZARELLA MOZZARELLA AT DAWN I SHALL SQUEAK 6
SQUIITTIROOOOO CRASH CRASH CRASH SQUITTTIROOOOOO SO WHAT DO YOU SAY DR STILTON CRASH I GOT RID OF RATIDO BY PROMISING TO THINK ABOUT HIS IDEA AND STARTED WORKING WORKING BUT I WAS IMMEDIATELY INTERRUPTED RING RING RING Geronimo SQUEEEAK WHO COULD THAT BE 7
IT WAS MY GRANDFATHER WILLIAM SHORTPAWS NICKNAMED TANK WWaakkee uupp UM HELLO GRANDPA HAVE YOU READ THE THE DAILY RAT ACTUALLY THAT’S SALLY RATMOUSEN’S PAPER MINE’S CALLED RATIDO THAT’S ODD HE WAS HERE A LITTLE WHILE AGO THAT RAT’S PAPER HAS AN ARTICLE ON RATIDO DOMINGO’S CON CERT BUT THERE’S NOTHING ABOUT IT IN THE RODENT GAZETTE WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR OFFICE SLEEP WAKE UUUP 8 I KNOW PERFECTLY WELL WHAT THE PAPER I FOUNDED IS CALLED WHAT AND YOU DIDN’T INTERVIEW HIM WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UUUUP CRASH CRASH CRASH GRANDSON ARE YOU STILL THERE WHAT ARE YOU DOING ARE YOU REALLY ASLEEP