The Bad Beginning

                                 Series of Unfortunate Events   
                                                      The Bad Beginning

   The series of unfortunate events is a series of books about three children, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, who's parents died in a house fire while they were at briny beach. The story begins at briny beach while violet is throwing rocks Klaus is reading and Sunny is biting on a shell when a mysterious figure in the fog approaches them. It had a square shaped head and looked scary. As the figure gets closer Violet is getting ready to throw the rock in her hand at it, until she realizes its Mr. Poe who the children knew from dinner party and he was a banker. As Mr. Poe reached them he had very bad news, there parents have died in a fire and they would be living with Mr. Poe and his family for a while. As the Baudelaire orphans lived with Mr. Poe they slept and cried all day and even though Sunny was to young to understand she still seemed different. When Mr.Poe finally found a place for them to live which was with there distant cousin, Count Olaf. When they got to there new home it looked old, dirty, and as if its never been cleaned. He had a unobrow and a tattoo of an eye on his ankle. When Mr. Poe left he took them to his room it was one room with one bed. Everyday they would have a list of chores to do while count  Olaf was out with his theater troop, the chores took all day and they were exhausted every night. The next morning they had to do there chores and make dinner for him and his theater troop. His house didn't have any ingredients or cook books. They went next door to Justice srouses home where she had cook books and she took them grocery shopping. When Olaf and his troop got home they were drunk. Klaus made Olaf made and  Olaf slapped him. They went to there room and slept on the ground as they did every night. The next morning Olaf had an idea to have a play that would make him marry Violet and get the Baudelaire fortune. Olaf took Sunny and put her in a cage and hung her over a tower. He tells Violet that unless she marries him he will drop Sunny. When he has a play justice strouse is a judge who will marry them and she doesn't know it is official when Violet signs the paper Klaus is trying to get Sunny out of the tower when he dose he runs. Olaf tells everybody they are the witnesses. At that time Violet announces that she signed with her left hand which isn't legally her hand. Olaf presses the button and the cage falls down and Sunny isn't in it, all the lights go out and nobody can see, Violet knows where the light switch is so she trys to get there and she turns on the lights. Olaf and his troop are gone. Justice stouse says that she wants to adopt the orphans but the parents wanted them to go with family and they go back to Mr. Poes where the book ends.