Contents

  The Rodent’s Gazette Editorial Staff

  Title Page

  You’re as Exciting as a Raw Clam!

  You’re Late!

  KIAIII!

  Are You Ready for Adventure?

  Shrewdpaws Knows Everything

  Watch Out for the Wasabi, Geronimo!

  I Am a Rich and Powerful Mouse!

  I Am Red Dragon

  Three Samurai (and an Ordinary Mouse)

  Bull’s-eye!

  The Legend of the Three Samurai

  Tell Me What It Says!

  Stick Up Your Paws!

  What Took You So Long?

  About the Author

  Maps

  More Fabumouse Adventures

  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 foreignrights@atlantyca.it, www.atlantyca.com.

  Copyright © 2010 by Edizioni Piemme S.p.A., Via Tiziano 32, 20145 Milan, Italy.

  International Rights © Atlantyca S.p.A.

  English translation © 2012 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.

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  Text by Geronimo Stilton

  Original title Il segreto dei tre samurai

  Cover by Giuseppe Ferrario

  Illustrations by Blasco Pisapia and Danilo Barozzi

  Color by Romina Denti and Christian Aliprandi

  Graphics by Marta Lorini

  Special thanks to Kathryn Cristaldi

  Translated by Lidia Morson Tramontozzi

  Interior design by Kay Petronio

  First printing, April 2012

  eISBN 978-0-545-41475-3

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