18-DAY 3：WEDNESDAY

DAY 3: WEDNESDAY "Today is a day of rest!" shouted Penelope the next morning. As usual, she had woken us up with a bucketful of icy water. "Today we will build a tree house," Penelope continued. "Stilton, you'll be the first one to climb that tree over there!" She pointed to a tree. It wasn't just any old tree. It was the tallest tree I had ever seen in my life! Up, up, up it went. I got dizzy JUST looking aT IT. "I c-can't climb that t-t-tree!" I stammered. "I'M AFRAID OF HEIGHTS!" Just then, a small paw tapped my shoulder. It was Suzie Squeakers. "Don't worry," she whispered. "I'm a friend of Pinky Pick. She sent me along

to help you." Suzie handed me a pink envelope. It was a letter from Pinky. Have I told you about Pinky Pick? She's a young assistant at my office. I'm sure you can guess Pinky's favorite color. It's pink, of course! Pinky has pink sneakers and rides a pink bicycle to work. She will only write on pink paper and loves squeaking on her pink cell phone. I guess

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you could say Pinky is sort of hung up on the color pink. One winter, she lost her favorite pink mittens. She had to wear blue ones instead. Poor Pinky cried for weeks! Now I bent over Pinky's letter. Suzie winked at me. When Penelope wasn't looking, she began to follow me up the tree. Immediately, I felt faint. "Don't look down!" Suzie advised. It was good advice. If I didn't look down, I couldn't tell how high up we had climbed. I breathed a sigh of relief. This was no big deal. We were only a few feet off the ground. I probably could have jumped down if I'd

wanted to. I pretended I was climbing up the steps to my mouse hole. Oh, it would be so nice to be home! Home with my cheese- filled fridge. Home with my treasured books. I glanced down at my paws. Big mistake. No, I wasn't at home. Far from it. I was up so high even Penelope Poisonfur looked harmless. My head began to spin. I was going to fall! Newspaper headlines flashed before my eyes. Geronimo Stilton Killed in a Terrible Fall! Jungle Terrorizes Publisher! Stilton's Last Squeak! Just then, someone grabbed my tail. It was Suzie. "It's okay!" she shrieked. "I got you!" I was so happy I could have jumped for

joy. Luckily, I remembered where I was just in time. I was happy, but I wasn't a cheesehead. I wasn't about to let go of that tree! At last, we came to a very long branch with thick leaves. "This is the perfect spot to build our shelter," announced Suzie. Together we built a ladder out of some tree limbs. Before long, our tree house was looking great. I was so proud of myself and my new friends. And best of all, I realized being up so high wasn't that scary after all. "Not bad for a bunch of city mice," Penelope admitted when we were finished. "Not bad at all..." That night I dreamed that Pinky Pick was winking at me. "What do you say, BOSS?" she squeaked. "Can I have that pink computer now? Can I, Boss?"