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  Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  Hi, Geronimo!

  A Nightmarish Night!

  I Forgot to Do Something …

  Shorty Tao Is the Trainer!

  I Had to Do Something!

  The Karate World Championship?

  But I’m a Total Klutz!

  I’m Really More of a Bookmouse…

  A Very Serious Knot

  Karate = Respect

  I’ll Help You!

  Breakfast of Champions

  The Kokoro

  Geronimo Stilton, Get Ready!

  Go, Cheesehead, Go!

  Hiiiiii Yaaaaa!

  1,000 Tails Proudly Wag

  I’m a Very Private Rodent!

  Sayonara!

  An Interesting Idea

  Destination: Okinawa!

  The ABC’s of Karate

  Some Advice From Shorty Tao

  Karate Trivia

  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 978-0-545-39355-3

  Copyright © 2005 by Edizioni Piemme S.p.A., Via Tiziano 32, 20145 Milan, Italy.

  International Rights © Atlantyca S.p.A.

  English translation © 2010 by Atlantyca 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.

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  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 Te lo do io il karate

  Cover by Giuseppe Ferrario

  Illustrations by Federico Brusco, Valentina Grassini, and Chiara Sacchi

  Special thanks to Beth Dunfey

  Special thanks to Al and Alison DiGrazia at the Midwood Martial Arts Center

  Translated by Lidia Morson Tramontozzi

  Interior design by Kay Petronio

  First printing, January 2010

 

 

  Geronimo Stilton, Karate Mouse

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