Augusto, where are you?
- Luna, what's going on? - My Augustus is gone!
Ah!
Trap, get out of there!
This is an office, not a circus.
Look at my number first!
It took hours to rearrange these documents.
You're not nice today!
- Ta daaa! - What is wrong with you today?
Haven't you seen the billboards?
My friend Alexia's circus is in town.
Are you friends with Alexia? He is a circus legend.
I know her very well, we trained on the trapeze.
Really? I learned the art of clowns
watching Augusto on television.
- What happens? - Everything OK!
- The circus has just arrived! - What?
- Yay! - Can we go there?
- I beg you! - I'd love to.
But I have to fix a mountain of paperwork.
The circus only comes to town once a year.
- And then you can count on us. - I do not think.
Will you prepare the service for tonight in time?
Can I do it on the circus? People like the circus.
- Augusto is a great clown. - It's a strenuous idea.
- Do a report on him. - I beg you!
Ok.
Give me a hand and we'll sort out the paperwork.
Hey!
Tea Stilton, how long has it been!
Alexia, this is my family.
He is my brother Geronimo, my cousin Trappola,
my nephew Benjamin and his friend Pandora.
It is a real pleasure to meet you.
What happens?
Did we arrive at the wrong time?
No, in fact everything is fine.
We are friends, I know you well. What happened?
Maybe it's nothing serious but Augusto the clown ...
- has disappeared! - Aah! Disappeared?
In what sense?
We looked for him everywhere, something will have happened to him.
I will help you.
- To find Augusto? - No, but I can replace him.
Have a look!
And voila! And voila!
I'm stuck!
Um ... Trichechio!
So what do you think?
Funny, right?
I am not yet at the level of Augustus ...
but I can replace him! He would like it too.
You are very generous but being a clown is very difficult.
It takes years and years of preparation.
- Augusto is irreplaceable. - A disappearing clown.
- It's an interesting story. - You can say it for sure!
Thank you very much, I know you will investigate thoroughly.
How can you be sure he's gone missing?
Couldn't he have gone shopping
- without telling anyone? - That's not like him.
He always says everything, even how many times he has sneezed.
- Is that true, Luna? -He would never go away.
- We're engaged. - When did you last see him?
I was with him before I went to rehearse with Cheese.
On my return the door of the trailer was wide open
- and he was gone. - Let's check the trailer.
Benjamin, come with me. You, take a look around.
Stratopic!
- What are? - Props of Augustus.
Do you leave them around with the danger that someone will step on them?
- I'll take them into custody. - It is not needed.
They are the props of a great artist.
Very funny. I have an idea.
Go practice with Felix's fleas.
If we haven't found Augusto by tonight,
- you'll take his place. - Yay!
- Come on, Trap! - Here I am.
- He's a nice character! - And you still don't know him.
Augusto must have left in a hurry.
What are you doing, uncle?
Look at those footprints, they are of different sizes.
- You're right. - From the way they are arranged
, it looks like there was a fight between three rats.
Yes, one of which was Augustus.
It looks like he has very large hands.
-So that print belongs to him. - Excellent intuition.
Oh!
- What did you find? - A piece of fabric.
But it doesn't come from Augustus' costume which is red.
This is blue and it confirms that there has been a fight.
We have another clue.
- And that is, which one? - Whoever kidnapped Augustus
dresses conspicuously!
Things haven't changed since our last meeting.
I would not say really.
Handsome!
- Would you mind me trying it? - Yes, go ahead.
- Let's see if you're fit. - Do you continue the tour alone?
Certain.
Please, Luna!
I need you, come back to my side!
- No, it's all over now. - You will regret it!
Plus the guy you left me for is gone.
How can you be so bad?
Wait up!
So Cheese kidnapped Augusto because he's jealous!
- Leave him, he's mine! - Do you like spying on people?
- What did you see? Speak out! - Give it back!
- Tell me what you saw. - I took pictures of you.
Get back here!
Are you ready, my little ones? Jump from tower to tower!
At my three, ok?
One, two, three ... jump!
Very good!
Magnificent, a perfect jump!
I'm proud of you! Did you see that jump, Trap?
- How much courage! - Yeah, they're strata!
And now let's try again! Ready, little ones?
And one, and two and three ...
Jump!
One of the fleas missed the tower and jumped on you.
I recognize her! It's sweet Suzette!
-She is very affectionate. - A flea on me?
Aah!
Oh oh! That's funny!
- I know who did it! - Who did what?
Cheese, Luna's partner, has kidnapped Augusto!
Luna left Cheese for Augusto
- and now he's jealous! - Is the motive jealousy?
It is plausible,
but did you hear him say that she did something to Augusto?
No, but obviously he did it.
No hasty conclusions. Let's ask him some questions.
- Where is it now? - Up there!
Maybe it's best to wait for her to get out.
- I know you suffer from vertigo. - What if he ran away?
You're right. Maybe it's better to go up.
Just do some warm-up.
- Uncle! - Right, sure!
- I go! Now I go up. - Good boy.
Cheese, would you mind answering a few questions?
Oh no!
- Hold on tight! - Ok!
Yup!
- Thanks, you saved me! - Don't talk nonsense.
There is the safety net.
Aah!
Help, they're tearing me apart!
Aah!
I underestimated you.
You are a great clown. He will replace Augusto tonight.
Really? Thank you! Thank you!
It is an honor.
How am I going to perform with these fleas on?
Girls, leave Trap alone!
How do you feel now?
I still itch.
Who knows, maybe it's the ants.
Ants? No! Ants no!
Who knows why he ran away when you questioned him!
Do you think he's involved in Augusto's disappearance?
His behavior is as suspicious as Swiss cheese
without the holes!
But if he's involved, he also had accomplices.
We found three different footprints in the trailer.
Before we make any accusations, we need to know more.
I have an idea of ​​how we can do it.
- Silence. - Er ...
Ladies and gentle rats, I want your attention.
I have summoned you at the request of Geronimo Stilton.
He is investigating the disappearance of Augustus.
-He has something to tell you. - Thanks, Alexia.
Augustus managed to escape from his captors.
He is about to return and as soon as he arrives
he will be able to reveal the name of the culprit.
Why doesn't Cheese run away? Wait Augusto?
The others are here too and don't seem worried.
Gentlemen, I have to make an apology.
- We have no news of Augusto. -What would he be like?
It was a desperate attempt.
I hoped that the culprit would run away.
I thought it was a good way to expose him
- but the kidnapper is not among you. - We are all upset.
We hope to have him back with us soon.
He tonight the show will go on stage as always.
Trap will replace Augusto.
Courage, gentlemen!
I wanted to apologize, I thought it was you.
- Why me? - You ran away
- when we wanted to question you. - I didn't run away.
I had a hairdresser's appointment.
Why did you want to question me?
You had a fight with Luna.
You can't stand the idea that she left you for Augusto!
And now you want to take revenge on him.
Thing? Jealous? But Luna is my sister.
She told me she wanted to stop being an acrobat
and that she wanted to be a clown with Augusto!
Oh!
The show is about to begin and we are at the starting point.
How wonderful!
Uncle, look what I found.
That coat is made from the same fabric
we found in Augusto's trailer.
- Who's the guy with Luna and Cheese? - It's Walter Rappata.
He's our former presenter. I fired him months ago
for stealing money from the cashier.
Now sorry, the show is about to begin.
Let's start the parade.
The first issue will be staged in twenty minutes.
- The clown! Where is Trap? - He's going to have stage fright.
Look what I found!
It's a Trappola shoe.
Someone was dragged here.
- Help! - Trap!
Let's chase them!
- With what, sorry? - Watch!
Departure!
Accelerate!
This contraption is not suitable for chases.
They don't have to understand we're chasing them.
- Why not? - Here because!
Nobody rams Tea Stilton!
- Can you pull over? - What?
Leave it!
I don't understand what we are doing.
Are we chasing them or are we running away?
They don't know who they are dealing with!
Great maneuver, Aunt Tea!
I'm afraid it's the wrong direction!
- Trap! - Augustus!
But how nice it is to see you again!
But you are Augusto! I can not believe!
- I'm a big fan of yours! - Thanks for setting me free.
- I was starting to get hot. - Me too.
Walter Rappata, what do you have to say in your defense?
Why did you kidnap the two clowns?
After Alexia fired me, I opened my own circus.
But there was no artist who wanted to work for me.
- Maybe because you are a thief! - They ruined my life.
And I decided to screw up Alexia.
If she had been forced to close,
all of her artists would have worked for me.
The best way to get her to close the circus
was to kidnap the biggest star. - Exactly.
Then I learned that he had hired another clown
and I decided to kidnap him too.
Your days in the circus are over.
From now on Walter you will perform in prison.
August!
Glad to see you!
Geronimo, Tea, Benjamin, Pandora ... thank you!
Do I have time to go on stage?
- I really think so. - So I'm going.
- Oh, poffargatto! - I'm sorry, Trap.
- Maybe next time. - But that's not fair.
- Like next time! - He would have replaced you.
He is a natural talent. I really mean it!
A natural talent!
This is Geronimo Stilton, live from the circus.
The show was endangered by the kidnapping of Augustus.
Fortunately, the big star was released in time.
She will now she will introduce you to her new issue!
Voila!
Tonight a new couple of clowns are born
destined to conquer a phenomenal success:
Augusto and Trappola!
Goodbye at Geronimo Stilton!