24-MY LATEST INVENTION IS

MY LATEST INVENTION IS... "As a young mouselet, I loved to dig tunnels underground. I would dig tunnels to get to school. I would dig tunnels to get to my friends' mouse holes. I would dig tunnels to get to the cheese shop. When I grew up, my family sent me off to Ratford. It is the most prestigious university on Mouse Island. I studied science, physics, chemistry, mathematics, history, medicine, and more. After I graduated, I was still fascinated with tunnels. I came up with a plan. New Mouse City had so much traffic. Why couldn't we build a transportation system under the ground? "The mayor loved my plan. They started

building right away. I helped. And that's when I made an important discovery. There is a network of secret rooms under the city, dating back to the Great Cat War. They were used for communication with the outside

when the town was under attack. I decided to make one of the rooms into a hidden lab. Here I can conduct my experiments on ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS. There are no electrical sources underground to interfere. It's the ideal location!" I was impressed. Only a brilliant scientist like the professor would come up with such an amazing idea. "Would you like to see my latest INVENTION?" the professor asked. We all nodded. He picked up a small box that looked like a remote control. "I call this the Uoltinator. It allows me to move any object without even touching it," Professor von Volt said. He pointed the device at Trap. As if by magic, Trap rose into the air.

"Look at me, I'm a bird! I'm a plane! I'm a flying mouse!" my cousin giggled. Professor von Volt lowered him to the floor with great care. "I bet you could make a lot of DOUGH with that thingy," squeaked Trap. The professor nodded. Then he grew serious. "Last Sunday, someone discovered this lab," he said. "And that got me thinking. What if the Uoltinator fell into the wrong paws? It could be a total disaster. Maybe the world is not ready for my invention yet." The professor had decided to move his laboratory once again.

He had built the enormouse robot CAT to keep away intruders while he packed. We all listened to the professor's tale. The only sound was my cousin munching on an onion and cheese sandwich. At last, Pinky broke the silence. "So you were the one driving the subway train," she remarked. "And you projected those CAT shadows on the walls." Professor von Volt held up his paw. "Guilty as charged," he admitted. "But today I am leaving. You won't have to worry about the phantom of the subway anymore." At that moment, the door swung open. Sally Ratmousen and Pawsley Pinhead barged into the room. Sally took one look at me and SHRIEKED. "Stilton! What are you doing here?!" she cried.