MARCEL AND THE SHAKESPEARE LETTERS by GERARD ESTRUCH

Marcel is a French mouse. He´s a detective and he lives in Paris. But Marcel doesn´t live in Paris all the year because in November he visits London. The beautiful building, houses, flats… He loves Paris, but he loves London too.

It was a Marcel’s November holidays. He went to Henry´s flat in Knightsbridge station with two big bags. Henry spoke to Marcel very well about Professor Barton, he was a very clever man. They listened to a noise coming from outside, Henry said it might be the builders. They went to Professor Barton flat but he wasn’t there. They saw a bookcase and a white button, Henry suddenly pressed the button. The books started to move, then they saw a hole behind the bookcase and a woman talking in the telephone. Marcel asked Henry: who lives normally there? He answered that two women, but they were now in Spain, so who was that woman?

Aha! Look Marcel, she took the Shakespeare letter from Professor Barton. We have to do something. She was going to the train station at seven o´clock. Come on, we will stop her.

They ran very fast and when they arrived to the train they saw two men with two big bags. Henry got inside the bag with a knife to take the letter. A woman started shouting: oh there were two mice! The woman ran behind them, they saw a fat man and passed between his legs. The woman, now didn’t know where they were. Henry was very grateful with Marcel.