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  Contents

  Cover

  Meet the Thea Sisters

  Title Page

  BOOKS TO READ AND BOOKS TO WRITE

  A PHONE CALL FROM AUSTRALIA

  WE’RE LEAVING!

  ARE WE THERE YET?

  ONLY 250 MILES TO GO!

  FINALLY HOME!

  A STRANGE SICKNESS

  A MYSTERIOUS AIRPLANE

  THAT GOOD-FOR-NOTHING SEWER RAT!

  THE LAND OF OUR ANCESTORS

  TED, THE FLYING DOCTOR!

  IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A RELAXING FLIGHT …

  TIC! TIC! TIC! PLOP! PLOP! PLOP! SPLASH! SPLASH!

  WHAT’S A BILLABONG?

  EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR AN ABSOLUTELY FABUMOUSE ADVENTURE

  PINK IS MY FAVORITE COLOR!

  BETWEEN WATER AND SKY

  THAT REALLY, REALLY HURTS!

  THE MOST ELEGANT MOUSE AT THE OUTBACK BALL!

  A SPECIAL TREATMENT

  WE’RE VERY, VERY, VERY SLEEPY!

  WELCOME TO NEPABUNNA!

  A MYSTERIOUS CLUE

  THE JOURNEY BEGINS AGAIN

  LIKE FONDUE IN A POT!

  THE MOUNTAIN OF FIRE

  THE TAILS HAVE IT!

  THE MOUNTAIN INSIDE THE MOUNTAIN

  OUCH! OUCH! OUCH!

  FIVE SPECIAL NECKLACES!

  A ROSE FOR NICKY!

  Maps

  More Fabumouse Adventures

  Copyright

  Copyright

  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the copyright holder. For information regarding permission, please contact: Atlantyca S.p.A., Via Leopardi 8, 20123 Milan, Italy; e-mail [email protected], www.atlantyca.com.

  eISBN 978-0-545-39380-5

  Copyright © 2006 by Edizioni Piemme S.p.A., Via Tiziano 32, 20145 Milan, Italy.

  International Rights © Atlantyca S.p.A.

  English translation © 2009 by Atlantyca S.p.A.

  GERONIMO STILTON and THEA STILTON names, characters, and related indicia are copyright, trademark, and exclusive license of Atlantyca S.p.A. All rights reserved. The moral right of the author has been asserted.

  Based on an original idea by Elisabetta Dami.

  www.geronimostilton.com

  Published by Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. SCHOLASTIC and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc.

  Stilton is the name of a famous English cheese. It is a registered trademark of the Stilton Cheese Makers’ Association. For more information, go to www.stiltoncheese.com.

  Text by Thea Stilton, with assistance from Shorty Tao

  Original title La montagna parlante

  Cover by Manuela Razzi and Ketty Formaggio

  Illustrations by Massimo Asaro, Lucia Balletti, Alessandro Battan, Fabio Bono, Jacopo Brandi, Sergio Cabella, Barbara Di Muzio, Giorgio Di Vita, Marco Failla, Paolo Ferrante, Claudia Forcelloni, Danilo Loizedda, Giada Perissionotto, Manuela Razzi, Federica Salfo, and Luca Usai

  Graphics by Merenguita Gingermouse and Superpao, with assistance from Michela Battaglin

  Special thanks to Beth Dunfey

  Translated by Lidia Morson Tramontozzi

  Interior design by Kay Petronio

  First printing, September 2009

 

 

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