004 Marcel and the White Star.pdf

Marcel is a French mouse who is a very fine secret

detective. Thieves steal the famous White Star

diamond ring which belongs to the opera singer, Zaza

Dupont. But Marcel is determined to return it to her.

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Marcel is a French mouse. He lives on a beautiful old

boat in Paris. (His home is under the kitchen floor.) He

likes books, restaurants and old films. He likes the

opera, too.

One evening in June, Marcel finishes a detective story.

Then he goes to have dinner with some friends. They

live in the metro station at the Louvre.

After dinner, Marcel waits at the,station. He sees two

men standing next to him. The tall one is reading a

magazine, “Look,” he says, “here she is: ‘Opera star

Miss Zaza Dupont with her beautiful one million

pound diamond ring — the White Star.’ ”

“ ‘Her’ beautiful diamond ring?” The short man looks

at the photo and laughs. “Not after tonight,” he says.

Marcel’s mouth opens. “What?! Are the men going to

steal Zaza Dupont’s diamond?”

He remembers an evening at the opera two weeks

before. Zaza’s green dress. The music. The beautiful

White Star on her finger. No! They can ’ t steal it!

The train comes and the men get on. Marcel pulls

down his hat and follows them.

Half an hour later he gets off again at La Mouette

station. But there are hundreds of people, and Marcel

loses the two men. Then he sees an old mouse. “Excuse

me,” he says. “Do you know where Zaza Dupont

lives?” But when Marcel finds Zaza’s house, it is too

late. “Yes — two men,” she is telling the police on the

telephone. “And they've got the White Star.”

At that moment Marcel hears a motor start. “Where’s

that coming from?” he thinks. Then he sees something

at the end of the road. It's them! It's the thieves and

they’re stealing a car! He runs across Zaza’s garden

and down the street. He can see the car’s number-

plate. It’s near. Very near. “Can I …?” he thinks, and

he jumps.

Yes!! Marcel sits on the number-plate. “Good,” he

thinks. Then, after a second or two… “But what

happens now?”

The thieves drive across Paris very fast. Marcel can

hear them in the car. They are laughing and talking.

But Marcel is not laughing. He is very, very angry.

After half an hour the car stops next to a cafe.

It is late and the cafe is quiet. In one corner there is a

woman. The thieves sit at her table. Marcel sits under

the table and listens. “Have you got it?” the woman

asks. The tall man takes a box from his jacket. Then he

opens it. “Look,” he says. “Ahhh!” The woman puts a

hand to her mouth. “What a beautiful diamond!” “This

is it,” thinks Marcel. “This is the moment.”

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