Thea Stilton and the Spanish Dance Mission (Thea Stilton Graphic Novels Book 16)

by Thea Stilton

  was so unexpected and overwhelming that

  their parents couldn’t help agreeing.

  “It’s true! Now is the time for friendship!”

  At that moment, fireworks exploded

  above their heads, filling the Seville sky with

  a thousand sparks of color.

  From

  now

  on,

  we

  are

  friends!

  No

  more

  feuding!

  Hooray!

  Julieta looked on with a joyful heart as her

  family members hugged one another.

  Suddenly, she heard a deep squeak saying

  her name. She didn’t need to turn around to

  know who it was: Carlos, her old friend.

  “Julieta . . . I’m back,” he began. “Before

  you say anything, I’d like to explain that I

  left

  because I didn’t have enough courage.

  I didn’t have the courage to follow our

  dreams

  . But today I am here, and if

  you would like, we can begin our dreams

  together again!” He pawed her a bunch of

  red roses.

  Then he pulled a folded piece of paper out

  of his pocket. “I composed this song for you.

  There’s nothing I want more in the world

  DREAM WITH ME

  than to see you twirling to its notes!

  Would you do me the honor?”

  Confused, Julieta clutched the roses to her

  chest. This rodent had broken her heart

  when he

  fled

  . And now, after years, he

  had reappeared out of nowhere. How

  could she trust him?

  Without another squeak, Carlos picked up

  his guitar and played a sweet chord.

  “Carlos . . . you never wanted to sing

  because you were so shy!” Julieta murmured

  to herself. “I never knew that. . . .”

  Then, his squeak full of emotion, Carlos

  began a heartfelt song:

  “My dearest love,

  My greatest mistake was leaving you.

  But now I have learned,

  I have grown,

  And I have found the courage

  To follow my dreams.

  So I ask you:

  Will you dream with me?”

  Julieta’s eyes were SHINING with tears.

  Without thinking, she pawed the roses to

  Paulina and took Carlos’s paws. “I’m ready

  to start dreaming with you!” she murmured.

  “AT LAST, Julieta and Carlos are reunited,

  too!” Pam said.

  “True love never disappears . . . and it

  conquers every obstacle!” Colette added.

  Just then, Joaquin offered her his paw.

  “Colette, would you give me the honor of a

  dance?”

  Under the sparkling lights of the city

  festival, the two young rodents leaped onstage

  and began to dance the flamenco.

  “What a marvemouse night . . .” Nicky

  whispered.

  roses

  Paulina smiled and sniffed the

  that

  she still clutched in her paws. “A sweet

  night with sweet friends!”

  Mouseford

  Athletic fields

  Library

  South Tower

  Dorms

  Teachers’ living

  quarters

  Garden

  Herb garden

  North Tower

  Cafeteria

  Great Hall

  Headmaster’s

  office

  Classrooms

  Whale

  Island

  1. Falcon Peak

  2. Observatory

  3. Mount Landslide

  4. Solar Energy Plant

  5. Ram Plain

  6. Very Windy Point

  7. Tur tle Beach

  8. Beachy Beach

  9. Mouseford Academy

  10. Kneecap River

  11. Mariner’s Inn

  12. Port

  13. Squid House

  14. Town Square

  15. Butterfly Bay

  16. Mussel Point

  17. Lighthouse Cliff

  18. Pelican Cliff

  19. Nightingale Woods

  20. Marine Biology Lab

  21. Hawk Woods

  22. Windy Grotto

  23. Seal Grotto

  24. Seagulls Bay

  25. Seashell Beach

  Map of

  whale island

  Thanks for reading,

  and good-bye until our

  next adventure!