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Geronimo Stilton #65 Bollywood Burglary
Geronimo Stilton #65 Bollywood Burglary
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Geronimo Stilton Thea Stilton
A learned and brainy Geronimo’s sister and
mouse; editor of special correspondent at
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Geronimo Stilton
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projects? Or sports ? Or . . .
unusual!
The mailmouse came and
TO:
Geronimo Stilton
SUBJECT:
A fabumouse invitation
scurried over.
lt on! ?
Sti oka
y
. .
om e on e . .
re s .
m i n d e d m e of
“Have we met
You rem
of ind
before?” I asked. s om
e one me
!
“ Nooo, noooo! ”
“Whatever gave
dear Stilton?” He
pushed me toward
ha ! y!
Yumm
ha ,
Do
Ha , Mmm,
that’s
good!
I?
y
Ma
Of
c ou
rse!
Fa b u m o u s e !
Ha , ha , ha !
!
Chomp
Grea t!
with trays loaded with yummy dishes. I
the
h o t p e p p e r !” he ordered.
EXTREMELY HOT!
I wanted to stop, but the waiter kept
t one!
ho
the
!
“Let’s see HOW MUCH this customer
gleefully.
h o t p e p p e r s.”
“But I’m not going to India!” I protested.
SA S,
S AM O
’
K IN G
SM O O NE F U R -R A IS IN
W AS
T H OT P E P P E R
THA !
10
9
8
7
“I’m BURNING UP !” I screeched.
I heard a sizzle.
Z ZZ !
ZZ Z Z
FZZZ
I’m burning u
uu
When I returned to my table, the waiter
!
e lp
eee
He
DON’T BE A FLY
IN THE FONDUE!
LAST NAME: Po i r a t
WHO HE IS: G e r o n i m o ’s
c hildhood frie nd
He runs
Private i nv e s t i g a t o r.
PROFESSION:
Mouse C i t y.
a g e nc y in Ne w
a detective
w ay mic e lov e
my s te r ie s the
He r c ule lov e s
cheese!
to p l ay t r i c k s,
HOBBY: H e like s
HIS are
His disguises
e spe c ia lly o n G e r o n i m o.
H e ’s disg uise d
fa mous e ly u n p r e d i c t ab l e.
a gift box ,
a ig ht a tte nda nt,
hims e lf as
ice cream c o n e.
Poirat pulled off his wig and ripped
the slick mustache from his snout.
Poirat started to
sob. “Yes, my dear
pulled out my
PASSPORT.
“How positively banana-rific! You and I
Ra tna ’s birthda y
SCHOOL
THE HEART OF FIRE
and I p r o m is e s.
always keep
What’s that got to mywith
do India?” I asked.
be priceless !”
Poirat SIGHED . “Since Ratna has
T HE HE A R T
OF FIRE
would come.”
asking us to help.
“Why didn’t you just tell me that this was
cheddar.”
Spit it out!”
India !
“Restless Hearts, starring Ratna Prem and
do it!”
HEARTS
THE
FOR
CT TS
TRA HEAR
CO N
NG
ACTI LESS
REST at
FILM ing ,
resid City
n , o u s e
o M
Stilt
Ne w with
e r o nimo a n e ,
e lm
G L
I, f o r d n d e rtak the
u se u ess
M o d, i n actr
8 Islan star th e
se to
Mou ract s oppo
site
c ont He a r t
e
this le av
less to
Re s t e m . s t o
Pr me nt orde
r
a t n a a r r a ng e i n
R e
ma k a
Indi i e.
will fo r mov
I
i a t e l y t h e ta ke
ed to a nd
imm lmin
g
e l f
r t my s e s s o n s,
st a i t l r
c omm ing be tte
er sing to
furth n s , e r
I lesso ord lm.
e in the
da nc les s o n s i n
i role
Hind my
rm
p e r fo
Sig n
e d,
tilton
along with an enormouse magnifying
glass so I could examine it. Noo
oooo
!
“ Nooooo! I really did sign
it! ” I cried in despair.
“ Yeees! You really diiiid!”
I refuse?
MAIN CHARACTERS :
Ratna Prem in the role of a princess of Rajasthan
Geronimo Stilton in the role of the prince of Mysore
PLOT:
It is a time long ago. The prince of Mysore sees
a miniature portrait of the beautiful princess of
Rajasthan and instantly falls in love with her.
other, so re ad
there was no escape. He
me a SUPER-MEGA-HUGE
guidebook of India from cover to cover!
B L AH
practically everything about India !
As soon as the PLANE’S hatch opened,
We were in India . . .
OFFICIAL NAME:
Republic of India; Bharat, in Hindi
AREA:
1,269,300 square miles
POPULATION:
1,299,490,000 inhabitants (2015 estimate )
CAPITAL:
New Delhi
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES:
Hindi and English
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:
Federal republic
CURRENCY:
Indian rupee
CLIMATE:
India has four seasons: The winter season lasts from
January to February, with mild, sunny days and cold nights
in the north. Summer, or pre-monsoon season, lasts from
March to May, with high and humid temperatures , e x c e pt
in the mountains . The southwest monsoon season, or rainy
season, lasts from July to September . Post-monsoon season is
O c tobe r to December and marks the transition from wet to
dry conditions .
GEOGRAPHY:
Don’t Miss These
Incredible Cities
in India!
New Delhi
Guwahati
Jaipur
Varanasi
Kolkata
(formerly
Calcutta)
Mumbai Hyderabad
(formerly
RESTLESS HEARTS
home,” I stammered.
MUSIC SUPERVISOR
HAIR
ACTRESS SPECIAL
MAKEUP EFFECTS
STYLIST
COORDINATOR
ARTIST
CAMERA
OPERATOR
EXTRAS
DIRECTOR OF
PHOTOGRAPHY
CASTING
DIRECTOR
ACTOR
WELCOME TO INDIA,
M R . STILTON
off!”
HOW TO
CREAM FOR THE
CALLUSES
asleep . . .
zip.
ike it, Gerry kins? he demanded.
LPEPPERS
“Aaaarghhh!” I screeched.
candies Drink
The hot-pepper this
tea!
had gone down the
choked!
GH !
C O U
GH ! H!
C O U CO U G
“A quick shower will
SQUEAK!
I had washed my fur with toothpaste ,
!
eak
Squ
Try on
these
t r ous
ers!
I’ll
put
on
your ma keup!
B en d your rig ht leg .
I SAID THE RIGHT
!
N o w b e n d yo u
r le f b e n d b o t h le g s . . .
t le
g. Now
YO U R L E E E E NO , N O , N O
EF !
T!
She had a very SEVERE expression on her
snout.
horrified.
fr
ie
nd
s!
waist like a curtain of
EMBROIDERED
golden sari and a
sparkly DIADEM *
on her forehead.
“
Ratna . . . it’s
really you!” I said.
completely relaxed.
TO KNOW INDIA,
THE MORE I LIKED IT!
Hercule grinned gleefully. “See, Gerrykins ,
se !
A TRIP
THROUGH INDIA
crew
left to start shooting the movie. The
Da y 1: Sundarbans
Na tional Park
Varanasi
Agra
Jaipur
Sundarbans
National
Park
A chill went down my tail. I have a horrible
Agra and
L
DE C L A R E M Y O V E
to Ratna. I chewed my whiskers nervously .
Would I be able to play the part of a lovesick
rodent? You see, I’m a very shy mouse!
about it . . . it was
the roar of a tiger!
There was a real TIGER right on my
Eek!
First day of shooting:
Sundarbans National
Park! I was supposed
to act like a
courageous,
fearless
prince . . .
. . . but a hungry
tiger chased me
all over the jungle!
Moldy mozzarella!
I was scared
out of my fur!
WHAT HAPPENED
TO MY BANANAS?
When we finished
FILMING the
open.
case and
devoured all of
were SPARKLY !
determined to
PROTECT .
e!
com
I
e
Her
The fourth day was
our final scene, in
Agra in front of
the beautiful
Taj Mahal.
What a thrill!
!
nce
pri
d
ove
bel
y
m
g!
da rlin
h,
“Yes, oh, prince of Mysore, I
began to dance.
and the
end of the movie shoot!
Great job!
I went back to my trailer to take
HEART OF FIRE !”
I smiled. “We’re so happy we could help
you, Ratna.”
Hercule nodded. “Would you like a
banana?”
Yes
!
Fa b
umo
to use!
come
are my oldest
Since you
and deare st friends,
w ou l d love for you to be
I
guests of honor
wedding!”
at our
We accepted happily . And then we
the movie
famouse
capital of India!
A CURIOUS CLUE
squeaked.
He bowed. “Your friends are my friends,
wedding .”
He escorted us to the most beautiful
up in the hall.
ea k!
Squ
ea k!
Squ
Squeak!
a !
at pa ir
Wh
ect
perf
Cong ra
My ts!
lov e!
!
ling
Da r
my !
Yum
So sw e
The following morning, Ratna
silk sari.
Goo
d
time
s! it!
sa id
You
Hercule and I were
happy the shoot was
shoot!
gutter.
Squ
eak
!
Pa wp
r ints!
c ry !
Don’t
Oh,
dea r!
Sob! Wha t
a
sha me
!
Did y ou lly ?!
know
. Rea
. .
.
.
.
mm
Hm
!
robbery
A
I don’t know!
A CRAFTY CROOK
on the ledge.
fur!
Hmm. The thief had
Some
to be small, since no one
objects that had gone missing . . . and all of
with a BANANA
back when the tiger
was CHASING me
Fire.
to the waiters.
he ordered.
As soon as
squeaked, “And
now everyone . . .
hush!”
banana.
of Fire to Ratna.
office.
A D
FU
TR
L!
AN
D
OF
S
N
O
DI
TI
D
AY
IF
SC
DI
AW
FE
C
O
O VERI A
U RE NG THE TR R
N
T N FA
T
!
O
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