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Eve Titus _ by Paul Galdone
ANATOLE
Also by Eve Titus with pictures by Paul Galdone
Anatole and the Cat Anatole and the Piano Anatole and the Thirty Thieves Anatole Over Paris Anatole and the
Toy Shop
.
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"
ANAT
by Eve Titus Pictures
by Paul Galdone
A BANTAM
LITTLE
ROOSTER BOOK
NEWVOBK- TOSONTO-lONDON-SYDNEY-AUCICLANO
my
For
son Richard
ANATOLE
A Bantam
Little
the author
and
Rooster
Book
published by arrangement with
I
illustrator's estate
PRI\'TING HISTORY McGraw-Hill
edition published in
Special thanks
making Little
to the
1956
Kerlan Collection at the University of Minnesota for
original illustration materials available to us.
Rooster
a trademark of Bantam Books, a division of Bantam
is
Doubleday Dell Publishing Group,
Bantam
edition/July
Inc.
1990
All rights reserved. ^
Copyright
No part in
of
1956 by Eve Titus and Paul Galdone. book
this
may
be reproduced or transmitted
any form or by any mearu,
electronic or mechanical,
including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage
and
retrieval system, without permission in writing
from
the publisher.
For information
address:
Bantam Books.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Titus, Eve.
Anaiole
/
by Eve Titus;
illustrated
bv Paul Galdone.
— Bantam
ed.
cm.
p.
"A Bantam
rooster book." French mouse decides to earn an honest living by the cheese in a cheese factor^' and leaving notes about its
Summary: tasting
little
A
qualitv.
ISBN [1.
0-553-34870-1
Mice
—
Fiction. 2.
Cheese
—
Fiction.]
I.
Galdone. Paul,
ill.
II. Title.
PZ7.T543A1 1990
[E]—dc20
89-17591
GIF
AC Published simultaneously
in the
United States and Canada
Bantam Books are published by Bantam Books, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. Its trademark, consisting of the words "Bantam Books" and the portrayal of a rooster, is Registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. Marca Registrada. Bantam Books, 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10103.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
098765432
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^••l^
n
all
there
France
was no happier, more contented mouse
than Anatole.
He
lived in a small
mouse
village
bitV.
^
*
''
with his dear wife
8
DOUCETTE
and
PAUL
and
their six
charming children-
PAULETTE
CLAUDE
GEORGES
and
and
GEORGETTE.
CLAUDETTE
^%>«|V
Every evening
as the sky
darkened
the husbands and fathers bicycled along the boulevard toward Paris to find
Once
food for their families.
arrived, they entered people's houses
through secret passageways, known only Anatole's partner was usually Gaston.
10
to themselves.
11
vx
One
night,
while they were looking for leftovers in someone's kitchen,
Anatole heard people in the next room talking about mice. Curious, he crept under the sofa and Hstened.
—
"Oh, those terrible mice!" complained "They sneak into my kitchen, they
rummage around
or pull themselves
up
in
my
to the table
Sometimes they even nibble This
I
(C
at
pail,
and take what
is
there.
untasted food!
They
how
dirty their
are a disgrace to
To be
a
mouse
is
to
all
paws are!"
France," said a
"Gaston
man
angrily.
be a villain!"
Deeply shocked, Anatole ran back
*
woman.
must throw away
heaven knows
((
garbage
a
—we must leave
at
once!"
to the kitchen.
On
the
way home,
told his friend
Anatole, greatly upset,
what had happened.
"BAH! A mere
trifle," scoffed
Gaston.
"People are people, and mice are mice.
Our loved ones must
eat,
and our only hunting-grounds are people's homes.
"But
I
never dreamed they regarded us this way,"
cried the "It
is
unhappy Anatole.
horrible to feel scorned and unwanted!
Where
is
my
self-respect?
My
pride?
MY HONOR?"
Gaston shrugged his shoulders indifferently.
"Resign yourself, Anatole. C'est
14
>)
la vieT'
sn^
—
Doucette comforted him.
"You
are so right, Anatole," she said sadly.
"If only
but
we could
alas, that is
give people something in return
impossible!"
Anatole jumped up and danced Doucette around the room.
"Impossible? Perhaps not,
You have
16
given
me
a
ma
petitel
wonderful idea."
He
sat
down
and typed
at
the typewriter
thirty or forty signs that said:
EXTRA- 'SPECIALLY GOOD •SPECIALLY GOOD GOOD NOT SO GOOD NO GOOD
Then he
stuck a long pin through each sign
and put them
all
away
carefully in his briefcase.
17
Riding
to Paris that evening,
"Gaston, will you I
feel insulted if
have an idea that
I
Gaston answered, "I
A
18
friend
is
Anatole said, I
must work on
am
go off alone
after this?
in secret."
your friend, n'est-ce-pas?
never insulted
—
a friend has faith.
Good
luck!"
When
they reached Paris, Anatole
left
the others
and headed toward the business part of town. He parked his bicycle in front of the Duval Cheese Factory.
19
—
He
—
squeezed his small mouse's body easily under the door,
not forgetting his briefcase.
How
heavenly
it
smelled inside!
His sensitive nose sniffed
many
CAMEMBERT, PORT SALUT, BLEU, Well, thought Anatole
There
He
is
work
hurried
until
to
all
night.
after
another
Room!
lit,
filled
of cheese, of
(^it^H^ •*.
'
with long, wooden tables.
mounds
stood great
*,
all
shapes and
m
Ij^ft'i
• #**
'•j
•
%
*.
^
r^-V,
%
y ,*
,
mustn't stand here sniffing
he found what he was looking for
On them
,:"
MARCELIN, ROQUEFORT, BRIE.
down one dark passageway
was dimly
•
I
ST.
be done!
the Cheese-Tasting
It
—
*
delicious cheeses
^
V
^ >
^'^-'V
^^^
•s
•
•*
^
*
'
^
'-.-1
Without further delay. Anatole cUmbed up on the nearest First he tasted a bit of
"Mmm!
Camembert.
Couldn't be better!"
He opened
his briefcase, took out
and pinned
The
table.
it
an extfl\-" specially
good
sign.
on the cheese.
much too sharp. not so good sign, and wrote something on
next one tasted
He
used
Up
and down the long rows of cheeses went Anatole,
a
for hours sniffing
and hours,
and
tasting
and pinning on
signs.
it
in pencil.
At
last his
"Voild!
Mice
work was
Now
are
the
finished.
Duval Factory
known everywhere
as for myself,
for
have honorably earned
I
I
as the
shall bring
And
will learn a thing or two.
World's Best Judges of Cheese!
some home proudly,
it!"
23
Next morning
the factory there was great excitement.
at
Everyone wondered who had written the strange In
marched M'sieu Duval
"We'll soon see
He
tasted
this
Anatole knows about cheese!
some Roquefort. is
Now
you
listen, all of
right
—
this does
need more orange
peel!
— business has been none too good
making cheese Anatole's way, what happens."
tr>'
and see
himself.
how much
''Touche! Anatole
We'll
24
just
httle signs.
lately.
»»
Every night Anatole
And
left
more of
his httle signs.
every day the cheese workers
Soon business began
The people
to
of France
made more
changes.
BOOM!
demanded Duval cheese
Orders poured in so
fast that
and gave everybody
a raise in salary.
or no cheese at
all!
M'sieu Duval enlarged his factory
But he couldn't discover who was leaving the
signs.
25
—
"Why
doesn't Anatole appear?" M'sieu Duval asked his secretan^
"He deserves to be rewarded we owe all our good fortune to him!"
He
wrote
a little note,
begging
But Anatole wrote back
to
meet Anatole.
that he preferred to
remain unknown.
M'sieu Duval even had every employee named Anatole
come
to his office for questioning.
But each one denied
It
was no use
Then one
—the
he had
that
secret
left
remained
the signs.
a secret!
afternoon M'sieu Duval rang for his secretary,
and dictated
a
very long
letter. •>>i
That night Anatole found the
ese
letter
^"^^^^ tot --r^--" ^"^^'L \\et^ Y\et V.
-.M
to cVv ^
^'W-^^^'
a^^ ^
^to^
1 co^^ „
at 6^^'
o-c^
^ovi'-
,A^,
aS
,tN^' Y^e vje
V^
cv^^^
itv^
x\e
Wa?9^
ev< VJ
te
\c o^^ sSy
When
Doucette saw the
"No more
letter,
she said,
for yousnooping around in strange people's houses
that's finished forever!
You
are the smartest
mouse
in the
world!"
29
Paul and Paulette,
Claude and Claudette, and Georges and Georgette climbed up on his chair and hugged him.
"We
are so proud!
Our beloved Papa
30
is
now
a respectable
business-mouse!"
—
The next day Anatole
The
older
mouse made
"Gladly will
Then he
invited Gaston to be his helper.
I
join
a very
you!"
kissed his friend on both cheeks, and cried:
"VIVE ANATOLE! Was to sit
is
a
mouse of
action
—
,;>•
he content
back and do nothing about our way of
NON! NON! He
deep bow.
a
mouse
life?
of honor
A MOUSE MAGNIFIQUE!" 31
And
so
it
came
to pass.
Anatole and his partner worked
by
The
secret stayed a secret, always.
if
side in perfect
you should ever meet
you
will
that
it
know
at
a
all
mouse looking
once
cannot possibly be Anatole,
the happiest, most contented in
the factory,
harmony.
side
So
32
at
France.
mouse
for leftovers.
Vive Anatole
— a chivalrous hero and loyal Parisian; mouse! The Anatole adventures
were among the most popular children's books published during the fifties, sixties, and seventies. And now, the Mouse Magnifique is back in a new paperback edition that's sure to entice and enchant a whole new generation of readers and read-aloud
—
parents as well.
Anatole appeared on the
New
York Times Best Seller
list
in
1956.
The Times
said
about the author:
"Eve Titus And,
later,
is
a master
storyteller
whose words
burst with fresh metaphors!'
about the books themselves:
"The Anatole books, each and all, exhibit professional treatment in both story and art. The fine quality of this series does not falter as new stories are added!' With seven books under his beret, Anatole was as celebrated and well-loved after ten years as he was at the time of his introduction as First Vice-President in Charge of Cheese-Tasting
at
the Duval Factory:
grand to be able to announce Anatole's return engagement.... We add our voice to those of the thousands of mice who roar... 'Vive le Mouse Magnifique!'" —Publishers Weekly, October 1966
"It's
In this
book, Anatole begins his career as
by working
at
the factory late
Watch
for
Cheese
Taster, establishing his secret identity
at night.
other Anatole books
Anatole and the Cat
•
in this
new paperback format
Anatole and the Piano
Anatole and the Thirty Thieves Anatole Over Paris Anatole and the Toy Shop
•I A BANTAM LITTLE
KOOSTEB
lOOK
0-553-16991-2
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U.S./$5.95
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