16-AUNT STITCHY'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT

AUNT STITCHY'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT I ran to my office building. But when I got there, I saw the most horrifying sight. My beloved RODENT'S GAZETTE sign was stuffed in a trash can! A humongous new sign was hanging in its place. It read, THE DAILY RAT. I called my sister right away. "Thea, it's me!" I squeaked. She snorted. "Which me? The real one or the fake one?" "Thea, it really is me," I insisted. "I am your brother, geronimo stilton!" She snorted again. "Not so fast, Furface," she said. "First you'll have to take

my test. If it's really you, you'll know the right answers." "OK, I'm ready," I declared. "Will I need a number two pencil?" "No, you nincompoop!" Thea shrieked in my eat "It's not that kind of test." Then she asked me if I remembered what my aunt Stitchy had given me on my fifth birthday. I chuckled. Aunt Stitchy loved to knit. On my fifth birthday, Aunt Stitchy knit me the most HIDEOUS YELLOW HAT. "Remember? It had ears like a cat," I told Thea. "I looked ridiculous in that thing."