MYSTERY ENVELOPE FROM SCIENTIST

"Incredible News!" says Geronimo Stilton
By Ratella Redfur

NEW MOUSE CITYGeronimo Stilton, editor of The Rodent's Gazette, has just received a mysterious and totally unexpected message from his friend, Professor Paws von Volt, the brilliant scientist. In an envelope postmarked from Crocodilia on the Amazon River in Brazil, the professor sent roundtrip airline tickets for Geronimo, his sister Thea, his cousin Trap, and his young nephew Benjamin. It seems the professor wants the Stiltons to join him in Crocodilia at once. The totally unexplained mystery is: Why?

Readers of Mr. Stilton's books already know Professor von Volt. In The Phantom of the Subway, Geronimo revealed many of the secrets of the professor's hidden underground laboratory and the amazing inventions being developed there. So, you can bet your whiskers that whatever the professor is up to in the Amazon, it must be of enormouse scientific importance.

But since the professor hasn't explained why he's sending for them, the four members of the Stilton family are leaving for Crocodilia with absolutely no idea what they will find there. Are they about to make the discovery of a lifetime, or get lost in the rain forest, never to return? These brave mice are used to putting their tails on the line, and they aren't afraid to take their chances. After all, a Rodent's Gazette reporter will go anywhere for a scoop. And every newsmouse knows that when Professor Paws von Volt is in the story, it has to be a big one.

We at The Rodent's Gazette wish the Stiltons bon voyage and good luck. We advise them to keep a sharp lookout for poisonous snakes, piranhas, carnivorous ants, warlike jungle tribes, and—don't forget—there's probably a good reason why the place is called Crocodilia!

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