24-WE'LL MAKE MEGABUCKS!

WE'LL MAKE MEGABUCKS! I put down the receiver. Then I opened my desk drawer. I glanced at the pictures I had taken in the desert. Ah, Egypt. It really was an unbelievable country. And my pictures weren't bad, either! A pink dawn, the sand dunes, CHEOPS's pyramid... just then, Shif T. Paws strolled into my office. "Mr. Stilton, why don't you write an ADVENTURE STORY set in Egypt? he squeaked.

我们会赚大钱的!我放下听筒。 然后我打开书桌抽屉。 我瞥了一眼我在沙漠里拍的照片。 啊,埃及。这真是一个令人难以置信的国家。 我的照片也不错!粉色的黎明，沙丘，CHEOPS的金字塔…… 就在这时，T.爪怪慢悠悠地走进我的办公室。 “斯蒂尔顿先生，你为什么不写一个以埃及为背景的冒险故事呢?” 他发出“吱吱”的响声。

I took another peek at the pictures. "You think I should, Shif?" I said. The salesmouse jumped to his paws. "I do, I do!" he cried. "When it's published, we'll make megabucks! Trust me!" I had to laugh. I could almost see the dollar signs shining in Shif T.'s beady little eyes. I decided to write the book just for fun. And let me tell you, that salesmouse has some nose for business. The book was a HUGE SUCCESS! I called it The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid It's the book you're reading right now! Yes, you are holding a genuine Geronimo Stilton bestseller!

我又看了一眼照片。 “你认为我应该吗，诡谲?”我说。 老鼠售货员跳了起来。 “我愿意，我愿意!”“一旦出版，我们就会大赚一笔!”相信我!”我不得不笑。 我几乎可以看到美元的符号在shift T闪烁。她那双炯炯有神的小眼睛。 我决定写这本书只是为了好玩。 让我告诉你，那个推销员很有生意头脑。 这本书获得了巨大的成功!我把它叫做《奶酪金字塔的诅咒》就是你现在正在读的那本书!是的，你手里拿的是一本真正的杰罗尼莫·斯蒂尔顿畅销书!