A Christmas Tale Read online

  Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  IT WAS A COLD DECEMBER MORNING

  BUY! BUY! BUY!

  I DON’T WANT TO BE ALONE!

  IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCH A NICE CHRISTMAS…

  STILTOD? GERODIBO STILTOD?

  RATTINA’S DREAM COMES TRUE

  GIVE ME YOUR MONEY!

  EVERY JOB IS IMPORTANT

  A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TOGETHER

  ALL WE NEED IS LOVE

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  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 978-0-545-39364-5

  Copyright © 2002 by Edizioni Piemme S.p.A., Via Tiziano 32, 20145 Milan, Italy.

  International Rights © Atlantyca S.p.A.

  English translation © 2005 by Edizioni Piemme S.p.A.

  GERONIMO 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 Geronimo Stilton

  Original title Una tenera, tenera, tenera storia sotto la neve

  Cover by Winny Rope

  Illustrations by Winny Rope

  Graphics by Cheesita de la Pampa

  Special thanks to Tracey West

  Translated by Lidia Morson Tramontozzi

  First printing, October 2005

 

 

  Geronimo Stilton, A Christmas Tale

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