老鼠记者 · 17 Watch Your Whiskers, Stilton!
MAKE A NOTE OF THAT, SCRIBBLESCRATCH! The next morning, I saw a new sign on the door of 17 Swiss Cheese Center: FIRST-RAT ART SERIOUS ARTY-SMARTY ART BOOKS! Pottypaws was already settled in his new office, right next to mine. He was giving some notes to his secretary, Scrawland Scribblescratch. He is a gray rodent
with a bald head and thick glasses. "Art! Yes, art!" Pottypaws was saying. Scribblescratch was quickly writing down everything Pottypaws said. "Art. Yes, art!" the secretary murmured. Just then, my Global Culture Consultant (GCC) walked past the office. He is Mousias van Raten, the uncle of my assistant editor, Pinky Pink. Have you met Mousias? I met him during one of my many adventures. He's been a good friend of mine ever since. However, our ideas on books are as different as blue cheese and Monterey jack. He thinks every book needs to be Intellectual with a capital I. Mousias stopped in the doorway. "Excuse me, but I believe that Art should always have a capital A!" he said in a thundering voice.
Pottypaws nodded. "Rumbling rest rooms, you're right! Lets fix that, Scribblescratch. Art with a capital A." Scribblescratch sighed. "Art with a capital A." Mousias grinned and walked into my office. "HOLEY CHEESE!
At long last, there is someone in this office who cares about Culture with a capital C. A true Intellectual—with a capital I!" Pottypaws looked as pleased as a shopper who's just found out there's a half-price sale on cheese. "Me? An Intellectual with a capital I? Why not? Let's talk about it." Mousias saw his chance. "I have lots of Ideas, you know, for some really Artistic, Intellectual books!" Pottypaws waved his paw at me. "Come and listen to this smart rodent's Ideas with me, Stilton!" But I had already slunk off.
