Ep 4. Meatball Mice

Cousin Mario dreams of being an inventor and is studying the recently released scientific notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. His friend Benedetta welcomes the mice and tells them about an upcoming cooking contest to honor the visit of King Umberto and Queen Margherita. Her parents are hoping to win and make their restaurant the most famous in Venice. But Mr. Serichi, owner of a rival restaurant, has other plans. He steals Benedetta's secret family recipe, intending to pass it off as his own. When Benedetta is caught in the Serichi's kitchen trying to steal the recipe back, the mice launch a food fight to help her escape. Remembering da Vinci's design for a catapult, Mario sends meatballs flying. Unfortunately, in the ensuing gondola chase, the recipe falls into the canal and is lost forever. Benedetta is resigned to her parents losing the contest, but Mario has a way to win: :his uncle Esposito Mouse's secret recipe for.... pizza!