18-I AM SO SORRY, GERONIMO

I AM So SORRY, GERONIMO... Thea made a delicious meal — scrambled eggs, cheese, bacon, and toast, She even whipped up a mozzarclla-flavorcd milk shake. A whisker- licking-good treat! I ate like a prison mouse home for the holidays. I was like a machine on high speed. When I was done, I even licked my plate. Then I wiped my snout with a napkin. "You have no idea what I've been through," I told my sister. "I slept on a park bench in the bitter cold...." OK, maybe I was laying it on a bit thick. But I did have a horrible night. An owl had kept me up past midnight. And my favorite

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green suit was now terribly wrinkled. And I had just had it dry-cleaned! Thea listened to my story. When I finished, there were tears in her eyes. "I am really sorry, Geronimo," she sniffed. "I should never have slammed the door in your snout. But that mouse was so believable. He was just LIKE YOU. He walked LIKE YOU. He talked LIKE YOU. He even nibbled his whiskers when he got nervous LIKE YOU!"