[Benjamin] Oh, yeah!
You're getting the hang of it, Uncle G.
Yes, I believe I'm finally-- [gasps]
[yelling]
I can't stop.
[crashing]
Oh. Hard landing. Are you all right?
[sighs]
Yes. Fortunately, my mailbox was there to stop me.
Oh, it looks like I've got mail.
Curious. Letter's addressed to my house, but my name's not on it,
nor is there a return address. I have no idea who sent it.
Look, the postmark shows that it was sent almost 40 years ago.
E-mail is so much faster.
This was sent before any Stilton lived in this house.
Open it. Maybe it's a treasure map.
[chuckles]
Nonsense, there aren't treasure maps--
-What is it? -It's a treasure map.
♪ Who's the mouse who's fun and witty Scoops the news for New Mouse City ♪
♪ Geronimo ♪
♪ He's amazing, he's terrific Watch out world he's cheddarific ♪
♪ He's outta site and in the know ♪
♪ Go! ♪
♪ He's the one we call Geronimo ♪
[Thea] What are we waiting for?
Let's follow that map and find us some treasure.
Ah. Not so fast. My name wasn't on the envelope, just my address.
I doubt this was meant for me.
Besides, we only have one piece of a larger map.
See where the edge is torn?
Look, letters on the back.
"Ble-kree-bloop--"?
Ha. That makes no sense.
Oh, my lemon tea. I've ruined the map.
No, look.
There must be two types of ink. One's been washed away by the tea.
The Ble-kree-bloop is changing.
-Lewis Kenna? -Maybe that's the name of the person
-who's supposed to get it. -We should track him down.
-What about the treasure? -But the map doesn't belong to us.
If we find Lewis, give him the treasure.
-Part of it. -Either way, it'll make a great story.
-Geronimo Stilton uncovers treasure map. -And Trap Stilton gets big treasure.
Hmm. It does have a nice ring to it.
If we do this, we give the treasure to Mr. Kenna.
-[Benjamin] For sure. -[Thea] Sure.
That's no fun. But okay.
Looks like the first stop is in Chinatown. Benjamin, Trap and I will head there.
Thea and Pandora, locate Mr. Kenna.
Right. You have fun searching for treasure while we hang out in a dusty old library.
Cheddarific.
I bet this map is gonna take us someplace fantastic,
like a palace, or a secret city where there are dragons with ruby eyes
and waterfalls from their mouths, or maybe...
A dinky old curiosity shop?
Hmm. It says this is the place.
[coughs] Everything in here's ancient.
[shopkeeper clears throat]
[Trap] Including that guy.
[grunting]
Perhaps he can help with the map. Excuse me.
[speaking in foreign language]
[chuckles]
-Oh. It's another piece of the map. -[Benjamin] Whoa, it matches perfectly.
But this map leads to China. We have no way of getting to--
[speaking in foreign language]
Oh, travel information?
-For an ocean liner headed to... -China.
[grunting]
China.
Hold on, we can't travel without knowing where we're going.
[chuckles]
[Benjamin] Whoa, cool.
It looks like a riddle.
"Thirty-seven stars over 112 waves is where your next destination will be.
Battle to find the singing bird and unearth all that you seek in life."
All that we seek?
Sounds good to me.
Sure does. Let's go.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
An ocean liner sails on water, which leads to sea-sickness.
Ah! Would you rather fly there?
No, of course not.
-Don't you wanna find the treasure? -Well, yes.
Then we're taking the boat.
[in English] Thank you.
Come again.
[Thea groans]
I can't believe we're stuck looking through books.
Shh.
While the boys are out having fun.
Hope this won't take much longer.
What if we can't find this Lewis guy? It's been 40 years.
[reader] Shh!
We haven't found a trace of the guy.
-We've looked going back a half a century. -We need to look back a whole century.
[reader] Shh!
Shh!
Or just ask them. They probably knew him.
[horn wails]
Check out the view, Uncle G.
[woman] Over here.
Uh...
-I can see it fine. -You're not getting seasick, are you?
I know this kind of back and forth can make folks queasy.
You're not feeling queasy, are you?
[groaning] Stop.
Just stop.
Let's concentrate on the map.
"Thirty-seven stars over 112 waves is where your next destination will be."
"Battle to find the singing bird and unearth all that you seek in life."
A singing bird?
Ladies and gerbils, I'm pleased to present a talent show featuring 37 performers
showing off 37 stars over 112 talents.
-Those are the same numbers. -Hmm. It has to be a coincidence.
[yodeling]
[glass shatters]
I think you're right. Aw, that's horrible.
What are you talking about? This is great. Dig that crazy yodeling beat.
Obviously, the solution to the riddle lies elsewhere.
I guess it was stuffy in there.
Ah. Out here we can enjoy the clean air and feel the gentle rocking of the ship,
back and forth.
Back and forth.
-Tea might settle you. -Try not to think about being on a boat.
Waves knocking us this way and that miles from land.
Thank you, Trap. I get your point.
We're in a fine state. On our way to China with no idea where to go.
-We need to make sense of the riddle. -Thirty-seven stars,
over 112 waves.
Oh, it's no use. It's gibberish. Least they could've done
-is given us an address. -Address?
Of course. That has to be it.
It's not stars and waves, it's latitude and longitude.
-What? -Every place is given a latitude number
that gets higher up north and lower the further south.
Same with longitude, only the numbers change as you move east and west.
Huh? Um...
Is there gonna be a test on this? I'm confused.
Look up those coordinates.
Thirty-seven degrees latitude and 112 degrees longitude.
Okay, which numbers stand for longitude and latitude?
Well, figuring latitude numbers get higher the further north,
might indicate stars in the sky.
Waves on the ocean move horizontal,
which could mean longitude.
Just what I was thinking.
[Benjamin] It looks like the Shaanxi province in China.
[chuckles]
-You were saying? -Good guess.
Shaanxi is home to Terracotta Warriors, a collection of statues of soldiers.
[Benjamin] Soldiers?
That fits with the next part of the riddle, the word "battle."
Yes. We'll battle to find the singing bird.
-And unearth all that we seek in life. -Yeah, like treasure. Woo-hoo!
Too soon for woo-hooing. We need to solve the "singing bird" part.
But we are closer to solving the whole thing.
Okay, I suppose a little woo-hooing wouldn't hurt.
[Trap & Benjamin] Woo-hoo!
-Have you looked in this yet? -Five times.
There was no mention of a Lewis Kenna. Same with these.
[reader] Shh.
-I doubt that Lewis Kenna existed. -Someone mailed him a map to Chinatown.
Chinatown. China. Did you know ancient Chinese writing reads right to left?
-Really? Not left to right like ours? -Nope. And check this out.
[reader] Shh.
Maybe we're not looking for Lewis Kenna, but...
Anne K. Siwel.
Lewis Kenna spelled backwards.
Anne K. Siwel, right here.
-She used to live in Geronimo's house. -Forty years ago.
[both giggle]
Shh!
-Here's her current address. -Let's check.
Shh.
[voices vibrating]
[Geronimo] I never thought I'd say this, but I miss that boat.
[Benjamin] Look, the Terracotta Warriors.
They're incredible.
[Geronimo] And they're over 2000 years old.
This entire clay army was buried back in 209 B.C.
with Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
Is it true that he became emperor at age 13?
That's right. He was the first emperor of all of China.
Huh. Smart kid.
Battle to find the singing bird and unearth all you seek.
That's gotta mean gold. And diamonds. And other shiny stuff.
[laughing mischievously]
We should look for a Terracotta statue of a bird.
Uh-huh. Ooh-hoo.
[groans] There's over 8000 statues. Maybe it's a real live bird?
You're both wrong. We're supposed to do the crane.
Like in martial arts?
[shouting]
[beeping]
[shouting and grunting]
Oh, no.
[all gasp]
[all screaming]
Oh! We have to stop them.
[panting]
[Trap screams]
Hey, only one broke. Not bad.
[groans]
We've ruined a piece of Chinese history.
[gasps]
-Look, it had a bird on its armor. -Oh, cheddar chunks.
We broke the one with the clue to the treasure.
That's odd. This isn't terracotta.
It's plaster. That means this statue was a fake.
Uh, is that good or bad? 'Cause I'm a little confused.
It's good. We didn't destroy a piece of history.
Also, this might have been put here by whoever mailed that map.
Uncle G, I think I found something.
It's leading us to the Forbidden City. That's in Beijing, the capital of China.
Ah, Beijing. City of temples and music and wontons.
Let's get going.
Hold on. Beijing is far, we have no way of getting there and--
[Trap] Didn't they have shock absorbers then?
Behold, the famous Forbidden City.
Wait. What are we doing? We can't go in, it's forbidden.
[chuckles] No, it's the Forbidden City
because when it was the Imperial Palace, citizens weren't allowed.
But now it's open to everyone. Especially tourists.
There it is.
-The same building from the map. -Way cool.
It's nice, but how many roofs does a building need?
It's called a pagoda.
It's China's contribution to architecture that--
Up on the roof. I see something.
There is something up there, but no way to get up and get it.
[Benjamin] I got it. [chuckles]
[Geronimo gasping]
[Geronimo] Be careful.
-How did he do that? -He's a fast little mouse sometimes.
[yelling]
[chuckles]
I meant to do that.
This one isn't a map.
It's a message. It says, "The treasure is directly below you."
Uh, here.
[all grunting]
[Trap] Hey, where's the treasure?
There's just a notebook. A blank one.
[helicopter whirring nearby]
-[Geronimo] Uh... -[Trap gasps]
Uh-oh. It's the ancient Chinese police.
-Run! -In a helicopter?
[Thea] What's up, guys?
-Thea? -We've got somebody we'd like you to meet.
You found Lewis Kenna?
Not exactly. We had the name backwards.
May we present Anne K. Siwel.
Anne was supposed to get that map 40 years ago.
-Ms. Siwel, it's a pleasure to meet you. -Likewise.
I believe you have some of my mail?
What?
Oh, yes. We were hoping to find the treasure.
We searched all over China.
-But there was no treasure. -Just this blank notebook.
Well, of course it's blank. Don't you see?
It's to write in after your adventure.
Uh...
I'm sorry, I'm confused.
Forty years ago, I belonged to the Adventure for Treasure Club.
I would get mailed maps that would take me on exciting adventures all over the world.
I experienced exciting new cultures
and met wonderful people who became lifelong friends.
Oh, the sights I've seen, the history I've touched.
The memories that I've cherished and looked back upon with great fondness.
But for all that I've seen, there are still many places left for me to visit.
My travels are far from over.
Ah. And then you'd write about your experience.
Yes. And I'd put it all in one of these.
Every trip would end not with gold but with a notebook
to write about all my wonderful experiences.
Cool, like blogging.
[chuckles] I bet you've had a lot of adventures.
If you don't mind, I'd love to interview you.
Oh. I'd be honored.
I have a few stories I can tell.
And so do you.
Thanks. I'll write down what happened to us.
[Thea] Everyone say Chinese cheese.
Chinese cheese.
[Benjamin] And by the time I left China,
I realized that the journey itself is the treasure.
Life's adventures are far more valuable than gold and jewels.