Disappearance! (Unfortunate Events) - The Wide Window

My eight year old daughters say: it was really scary when aunt Josephine went overboard. And when the kids thought she jumped out of the window. It was really adventurous. I liked the kids always figure out a way to get out of horrible situations.

This author is great. My girls love listening to this story. I really captures the imagination of children. I watched the movie before I read books. The movie was very adult geared so I was nervous about the childrens books. They aren't creepy like the movie but really done tastefully and very child like. Great book.

Mr. Poe is responsible for maintaining the Baudelaire fortune. He is also tasked with finding a suitable guardian for the orphans. So far, in the series, he has not done very well at this.

This time Mr. Poe has selected Aunt Josephine to be the orphans' guardian. She might not be the best choice. She is phobic about almost everything in her environment. But, she is very good at grammar. Both of these facts are important to this story.

The orphans are doomed to have an unhappy visit with Aunt Josephine.

The evil Count Olaf appears. This time in the guise of Captain Sham.

And, the orphans must prove to Mr. Poe that Captain Sham is Count Olaf.

For me, this was an enjoyable yet unhappy episode.

This is an amusing and interesting book that kept me curious till the very end. Lemony Snicket’s tale of quirky misfortunes and schemes are entertainingly suspenseful and funny. This story has descriptive language that easily allows the imagination to visualize it, exciting adventures and some important life lessons. In the end, it’s about not giving up, no matter how grim the circumstances.

The Wide Window is the third book in the Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. In this book, the Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and Sunny, are moving in with their new guardian, Aunt Josephine, whose house is on the edge of a cliff above Lake Lachrymose. Aunt Josephine is a person crippled by her numerous fears from doorknobs to realtors. Her only remaining love is grammar and she continually corrects the children. The children begin to settle in and feel safe in their new home. However, these are the unlucky Baudelarie orphans and soon their misfortunes begin when their greatest enemy, Count Olaf, shows up disguised as a sailor. Soon, Aunt Josephine disappears and is feared dead. It is now up to the children to try to stop Count Olaf's plan before they are delivered into his clutches once more.

The descriptive language throughout this story, easily allows the imagination to visualize it. When the children first arrive at the house of Aunt Josephine, they get a perfect view of the town of Lake Lachrymose. On page 10, “the taxi…arrived at the scraggly top of a tall, tall hill and the children could see the town far, far below them, the cobblestone road curling around the buildings like a tiny gray snake, and the small square of Damocles Dock with specks of people bustling around it…and the inky blob of Lake Lachrymose, huge and dark as if a monster were standing over the three orphans, casting a giant shadow below them”. The language used allows the reader to play the scenes in their head and picture it playing out.

The adventures of the children are exciting and nail biting. As they search for clues in the note that Aunt Josephine left for them, the storm is raging on and the Aunt Josephine’s house is no longer safe. On page 124, “Aunt Josephine’s bedroom looked out onto the hill and the orphans could see one of the spidery metal stilts that kept Aunt Josephine’s house from falling into the lake. But they could also see that this stilt had been badly damaged by the storm…a large black burn mark by lightning and the wind had bent the stilt into an uneasy curve”. As the children scramble to escape from the house, on page 125, “the house gave another lurch and the children toppled to the floor again. Aunt Josephine’s house was starting to slip off the hill”. It is these adventures that captivate the reader to keep turning the pages till the very end.

Finally, this story reminds readers of important lessons of determination and the value of family. Beginning on page 132, the children are determined to find a sail boat so they can sail to Curdled Cave, in the middle of a hurricane, to find Aunt Josephine. The ferry is closed due to the storm, but the children find another option; stealing a sail boat from Count Olaf and his wicked comrades. The lesson is persistence in the face of difficulty, in order to accomplish the goal. The fact that the Baudelaire children lost their parents, reminds us that to value the family we have and embrace each other no matter what.

Through this all, the Baudelaire children did not give up when circumstances were against them. We learn to persevere in the struggle and not let fear paralyze us. I give this book a 5 out of 5, a must read!

Like the first two books in the series, this book is dark. There aren't many happy moments and certainly not a happy ending. The author will tell you so throughout the book.

The story follows along the same themes as the previous books...the orphans are sent to another relative and things don't work out as planned. I like this story because of the clues the orphans had to work out. I found that it added a new interesting angle to the story. I definitely didn't like this relative as much as I liked "Uncle Monty," but she was at the very least not mean.

I look forward to reading the rest of the series.

The run of bad luck for the poor Baudelaire orphans has not run out yet. After Count Olaf murdered their Uncle Monty in The Reptile Room, Mister Poe, the Baudelaire's executor, placed Violet, Klaus, and Sunny with their Aunt Josephine. Aunt Josephine is a bit peculiar, but she does at least seem genuinely interested in providing a safe, and grammatically correct home for the children. Do I have to tell you what happens next? That's right, that dastardly devil Count Olaf shows up again, this time disguised as peg-legged Captain Sham. This can only spell more woe and misery for the unfortunate orphans.

The Wide Window is the third audiobook in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. The more I read, the more I like Snicket's style. He is a bit twisted, but his attention to detail almost rivals that of J K Rowling. Almost, that is. He always remembers to add those little touches that make a story special.

For whatever reason, Lemony Snicket decided to handle the narration himself on this audiobook, and the next two in the series. He's not a bad narrator, for an author, but I always hate it when authors narrate their own audiobooks. It really should be left to the professionals. Well, he only did three of the books, then turned it back over to Tim Curry again, who did a good job with the first two audiobooks.

LEMONY SNIPPET: If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is cats.

SPECIAL FEATURES: As with the other audiobooks in this series, The Wide Window includes a song by Daniel Handler's band, "The Gothic Archies." This song, titled The World Is A Very Scary Place, explains how dangerous and deadly our world is, but in a funny way that kids will enjoy.

Even though the narration wasn't quite as good, I think The Wide Window is my favorite audiobook of the series, so far. I really got a good chuckle out of this one.

Once again the Baudelaire children are shipped off to another distant relative, and once again, Count Olaf dons a disguise to try to claim their fortune. This time they are staying with Aunt Josephine on a hill above Lake Lachrymose. This woman is so terrified of everything, it’s frustrating. But she does have a library and loves grammar, so there are some redeeming qualities. When disaster strikes, the children have to tap into their resourcefulness to thwart Olaf, since the adults around them are so utterly clueless. Thus Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are set up for another miserable experience for book 4.

The third entry in the Series of Unfortunate Events finds the Baudelaire orphans moving in with their phobia-ridden Aunt Josephine, whose crippling fears of everything from water to telephones leaves the orphans in a less than ideal environment - and that's before a thinly-disguised Count Olaf comes back into the picture. By the third book in the series, there's a sense that the books are falling into a bit of a pattern - a new guardian, the return of Olaf, the orphans trying to expose the plan - and you can't help but wonder if there's going to be more to the series than this. (There will be.) But what keeps The Wide Window from feeling like a pure retread is the bigger emergence of Snicket as a witty, hilarious narrator, and his asides and commentary keep the book massively entertaining even when you're feeling a little bored with the main storyline. (My favorite line: "If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats." Although the moral Snicket draws from World War I is right up there.) We're on the verge of the series beginning to dive deeper into the mythology of the whole thing, but taken on its own, The Wide Window is a nice example of how an author can evolve and find his voice as he continues to work.

This time, the orphaned Baudelaires are sent to live with their Aunt Josephine in a house that teeters above the deadly Lake Lachrymose, to be greeted with phobias, leeches, and another appearance of Count Olaf. The Wide Window sustains but does not progress: the series has reached the point of a strong, delightfully dark narrative voice and deceptively robust characterization; this book adds an indulgent gothic atmosphere (backed up by a few fantastic illustrations), but little more in the way of character development or overarching plot. A series that runs this long needs more motion than momentum to carry it along, and so while this installment is perfectly competent it remains something of a disappointment. Fortunately, its last two pages are a perfect--their contrasting tone flatters the book in retrospect and ends with a quiet flourish. I'll continue with this series, because what it does well delights me--but I'll need more from it, next time.

It's also worth noting that the story's secondary, gender-undefined antagonist is a huge pile of bigotry and gender essentialism and simply distasteful; disappointing, from a series that has consistently strong female characters and is otherwise willing to see beyond gender roles.

A Series of Unfortunate Events 3: The Wide Window / 9780061757150

I came to this series after already watching the tie-in movie "Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events". I had been fairly certain I would like the series for its dark humor, and the first and second books in the series most certainly did not disappoint, so I was not too surprised when I also loved "The Wide Window".

Like the rest of the novels in this series, this book is very slender and can be whipped through in a few short hours - if it has any drawbacks at all, it would perhaps be the price-to-page ratio. However, the story is engaging and well-told and it's impossible to not be drawn into the drama of the Baudelaire orphans as they struggle to survive in the home of their cowardly Aunt Josephine over the bitterly cold Lake Lachrymose. Having already seen the movie, it was easy to imagine Meryl Streep's eccentric rendition of Aunt Josephine within the text, and the book is a delight for the extra flavor details that occur here but had to be left out of the film.

A note about the audiobook edition of this book: unlike the previous two books, which were narrated by Tim Curry, this installment of the series is narrated by "Lemony Snicket" (who in this case I assume is the author, Handler). The narration is adequate, but seems somehow pale in comparison to Curry's rich undercurrents. The overall narration is still good, and worth a listen, but if you're working your way through all the audiobooks, be prepared for the change in narrators.

~ Ana Mardoll

My children and I read this series together out loud. Although it is a bit dark, it is also hilarious! I reccommend this series for older children because of the dark nature of the series. There are murders, evil plots, etc that might disturb sensitive children. My girls are sensitive, but saw the humor and LOVED it. They were 5 and 7 when we read the series.

~~Spoilers Below~~
Aunt Josephine is the next guardian the children are sent to live with. She is well-meaning and kind, but mortally fearful of everything. Apart from being annoying, this makes her more like a child than a guardian.

She is afraid of the stove, the radiator, the lake, and most of all realtors. Her house is perched precariously on the edge of a cliff overlooking Lake Lacromoss (by the way, not sure if I spelled that right since I do not have a text version to read from and I can't be bothered looking it up right now, so you have to deal with my phonetic-best-guess-spelling.) Her husband, Ike, was killed by the Lacromoss Leeches because he entered the water too soon after eating. Smelling the food on him, the devoured him.

Aunt Josephine does have one love, grammar. Klaus is disappointed that the impressive library with the lovely, wide window overlooking the lake, is filled with books only on grammar and Lake Lacromoss. Well, it's better than nothing. Violet busies herself with trying to create a way to warm things without making Aunt Josephine fearful. Little Sunny finds a bit of joy in biting a doll named Pretty Penny.

One fateful day, the children and Aunt Josephine go shopping to store up before Hurricane Herman hits. There they run in to none other than Count Olaf. The children, not being unobservant like all of the adults around them, recognize Olaf right away. He introduces himself to the family as Captain Sham, a sailboat owner. The children try to point him out to Aunt Josephine, but she dismisses it as nonsense. Afterall, Captain Sham can't possibly have a tattoo on his left ankle, he had a peg leg from his knee down. He gained points with Aunt Josephine by stating that the Lacromoss Leeches had deprived him of his leg a few years ago.

Soon, as you may have guessed, tradgedy strikes. The children hear a crash and find the wide window of the library broken and a suicide note left by Aunt Josephine, willing the children to the care of Captain Sham. The children see this as the fraud it is, but of course Mr. Poe when he arrives will hear nothing of the matter.

Klaus finds a series of grammatical errors in Aunt Josephine's note and see that she has left them a secret code. She is hiding at Curdled Cave. The children steal a sailboat and set off to find her. When they eventually do, Aunt Josephine is alive and well, but refuses to leave the cave. Klaus informs her that the cave is for sale and soon a group of realtors will diverge upon the place. This is the leverage needed to get Aunt Josephine into the boat.

As they enter the territory of the Lacromoss Leeches, Aunt Josephine remembers in terror that she recenly had a banana. The leeches begin to attack and the children work together to signal someone from shore to come to their rescue.

Someone comes, but as I'm sure you've figured out, that someone was Captain Sham/Count Olaf. He promptly throws Aunt Josephine to the leeches and heads back to shore.

As he tries to cover up his treachery to Mr. Poe, Sunny uses those four sharp teeth to bite and the wood of the peg leg of Captain Sham. Out pops Count Olaf's tattooed ankle. Mr. Poe tries to chase him down, stating that he is under arrest for such things as, murder, child endangerment, and fraud among other things. Count Olaf adds, "and arson."

Neither of my children nor anyone in the story seems to catch this bit....but I have a feeling I know where this is going. Captain Sham escapes. Mr. Poe is forced to find the orphans a new home. The orphans are left where they started, alone, and yet together.

~Jenn

In "The Wide Window", the Baudelaire children have been scuttled off to live with their third different relative, Aunt Josephine. Aunt Josephine is quite the opposite of the adventuresome spirit of their previous caretaker Uncle Monty. In fact, Aunt Josephine is pretty much afraid of everything. This creates quite a challenge for the inquisitive minds of the Baudelaire children.

As expected Count Olaf makes an appearance and his expected grab for the children's fortune in his latest disguise, a one-legged sea captain. Since their are ten other books in the series, it is obvious that Olaf's plan is fatally flaws in "The Wide Window". However, this does not make it any less entertaining.

The third installment in the series is equally intelligent to match its predecessors. It is also witty enough to entertain the adult reader. Ultimatley, this is a grades children's book that captures the attention of the young target audience. In my experience, young readers may find themselves wanting to plow through the entire series as rapidly as possible.

In this book the Baudelaire children are put in the hands of their new guardian Aunt Josephine which is a grammar freak and is scared of everything. A Conflict in this book is that Count Olaf is discided in a sailors coustume and is calling himself Caption Sham,Aunt Josephine thinks this "Caption Sham" is a kind man. Finally the resolution is in the end when Sunny Baudelaire bites down on Caption Shams pegleg and shows the tatoo of an eye to everyone and is revealed that he is Count Olaf.A couple main events in the plot acrus when the kids hear a big crash mostly of broken glass. They rush out and fell a big rush of cold air. Then the Baudelaires see why there is a rush of wind, the window in the library had been broken and Aunt Josephine was nowhere to be found.The middle Baudelaire,Klaus,saw a note and started to read, this couldn't be right Aunt Josephine does not have any grammar marks in her writing but this note did the note said that Aunt Josephine was puting us in the hands of Caption Sham other wise known as Count Olaf in discide. Klaus knew something was wrong but what.Finally they called Mr.Poe who is the banker that places the Baudelaires with their new guardians. They looked over the note thinking who could have writen it then the Baudelaires thought Caption Sham had writen the note an pushed Aunt Josephine out the window. But when the kids checked to see that it wasn't her hand writing it was hers so there must be somthing fishy around here and it wasn't the lake. So that night the Baudelaires and Mr.Poe and Count Olaf went to a resturaunt to fill out papperwork during the talk between Mr.Poe and Caption Sham the Baudelaires stuck peppermints in their mouths and they are alergece to peppermints so they started to swell up and they got to go to Aunt Josephines house to get more time to figure out what the note was hidding. Finally they found out that there was a secret message hidden in the note that said Curled Cave. That ment Aunt Josephine was hidding in the Curled Cave. The Baudelaires finally got Aunt Josephine and were bringing her back when the leeches were coming so that ment they were traped. In the distants they saw a boat and Caption Sham was in it while they kids were getting onto the boat Caption Sham pushed Aunt Josephine into the water and sent her to her doom. When the Baudelaires got on land the youngest Baudelaire, Sunny Baudelaire bit down on Caption Shams pegleg and reaveled a tatoo of an eye that belonged only to Count Olaf. Sadly Count Olaf and his henchman escaped.

The three Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus and Sunny, are now being moved to another relative, a second cousin's sister-in-law who likes to be called Aunt Josephine. On the good side, Aunt Josephine has a wonderful library and a love of books. On the down side, Aunt Josephine is frightened of nearly everything. Thus the trio must eat only cold food because Aunt Josephine is too frightened to turn on the stove. Of course, her fright extends to many other clearly dangerous things (like doorknobs - never can tell when they might explode); clearly Aunt Josephine is more than a little dysfunctional.

As in the previous two books, it's not long before Count Olaf shows up and begins working a plan to get the vast fortune that will go to the children when Violet turns of age. As in the previous books, Mr. Poe, the guardian of the children's finances, is not bright enough to recognize Count Olaf until his nose is rubbed in the obvious.

As you might predict, the children go through a series of frightening and dangerous adventures before confronting evil Count Olaf in disguise. These adventures include escaping from a collapsing house, rescuing their aunt from a cave during a hurricane, and coming face-to-face with one of Count Olaf's disgusting `friends.' Readers of this series must know how this story will end: the children must move on to another relative while being chased by Count Olaf.

Count Olaf takes a much smaller role in comparison to the first two books, appearing only a couple of times briefly until near the end of the book. Having Count Olaf take a smaller role was a welcome change. Baby Sunny also takes a larger role in this book and displays an incredible amount of intelligence for a baby. In fact, you might say that Baby Sunny has a significant role in saving the day.

This book again has a number of dark elements, and one portion involving the leeches from Lake Lachrymose I thought could be distressing for very young readers. As in my previous reviews for this series, I think a reader's age should be at least 9; however, each parent needs to judge the ability of their child to handle the subject matter.

This book continues the strong educational message of the first two books, both explicitly and implicitly. Because the author explains more difficult words in detail, this book is, like the first, a good transitional book for readers in the 9 to 12 age range.

While the images continue to be dark in this book, keeping the tradition of the first two books, they are not as dark as in the first, and are perhaps similar to those of the second book. I recommend this book, but, but be very sure you know your child and what is in this book before you allow your child to read it. Four stars for another good follow up to the interesting approach started in book one and continued in book two for this age range.

There are several editions of this book available with varying prices. You may wish to determine the availability of various editions prior to choosing the edition that best meets your needs. Enjoy!

Those poor Baudelaire orphans. After the death of their beloved Uncle Monty, the third installment of Lemony Snicket's tale has Violet, Klaus, and Sunny heading toward the home of yet another new guardian. Left by Mr. Poe at Damocles Dock at the edge of Lake Lachrymose for the taxi that will take them to the home of Josephine Anwhistle, the orphans must once again wonder about what fate holds in store for them. Will the gramatically correct dowager be kind like Uncle Morty, or retched like Count Olaf?

It turns out that Aunt Josephine is a mixture of the two. Although she welcomes them into her home, the woman is so terrified by everything--the stove, glass doorknobs, radiators, and even realtors--that the children are hard pressed to enjoy their dinners of cold cucumber soup and their presents of a baby doll, train set, and rattle. Living high above the Lake that is full of the leeches that devoured Josephine's husband, Ike, the three Baudelaire children have a hard time convincing their Aunt to even leave the house.

On a trip to the market, however, who should appear once again with yet another despicable plan to steal the Baudelaire fortune but Count Olaf--this time in the disguise of Captain Sham, a man with an eye patch and peg leg who has opened a boating company of his own. Josephine, of course, is at once enamored of the dashing Captain, and Mr. Poe, as always, is not convinced by the children's claim that Captain Sham and Count Olaf are one and the same. What follows is another does of typical Baudelaire fair--diabolical plans, a terrible hurricane named Herman, a bizarre restaurant named the Anxious Clown, a boat ride across a leech-filled lake, a rescue at Curdled Cave, and another meet-up with Count Olaf's nasty associates.

THE WIDE WINDOW is another winning story in the tales of the Baudelaire orphans. The story took me about an hour and a half to read, and is suitable for children around ages 9 and up. Again, however, you'll need to base your decision of its suitability based on the maturity of your children, as this book is just as dark as the first two.

LA-6 Liana

The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket, is one of the best books I have ever read. The book begins with the three orphan children, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudliare. They have to move because Count Olaf wants to steal their fortune that their parents left them after they died from a house fire. They go to live with their Aunt Josephine, who lives in a house that's hanging off the edge of a mountain, supported by metal bars. Aunt Josephine is afraid of almost everything. She is afraid of the Lake Lachrymose that she is dangling over everyday, she is afraid of realtors, she is afraid to turn the doorknobs of her doors, she is afraid of using the oven and the toaster, and she is afraid to answer the telephone.

I thought that that this part of the book was weird because Aunt Josephine is afraid of almost everything. So I wondered what she did all day. I also wondered what she did for fun.

One day while at the store, the three children and Aunt Josephine, run into Captain Sham. Aunt Josephine thinks he is normal, but he is not. The children see right through his disguise, it's Count Olaf. When they got back home, Aunt Josephine talks about how nice Captain Sham is. Then the telephone rings, and Aunt Josephine is afraid to answer it. So, Violet answers it. Of course it is Captain Sham. He says "Hello I am looking for Josephine." Violet says knowing it is Count Olaf oh I am sorry you have the wrong number, and hangs up. Then Aunt Josephine told the children that she would answer the phone the next time it rang. Then the phone rings. Aunt Josephine answers it and her and Captain Sham talked.

I knew at the moment the children saw Captain Sham at the grocery store that it was Count Olaf. Then when the phone rang later that night, I again knew it was Count Olaf. All he wanted was the Baudliare's fortune. This was a very interesting point of the book.

As Aunt Josephine talked on she said "Yes they're here with me:"

Then Captain Sham said something, and Aunt Josephine replied, "Okay children go to your rooms there is a surprise for you." The three children slowly walked to their rooms thinking. They immediately knew that something was wrong when they were sent to their rooms.

This was a confusing chapter because you had to guess what was going to happen next. It was hard because the book gave absolutely no clues of what was coming. I had no idea.

When the children were asleep, they were awakened by a loud noise. The children hurried into the library where Aunt Josephine kept her grammar books. They found the window shattered and a note on the door. Aunt Josephine had disappeared.

If you want to find out what happened to Aunt Josephine then read The Wide Window, by lemony Snicket. LA-6 Liana

Kim, Sarah

03/07/06

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A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window

Once again the Baudelaire children are going to get into a lot of trouble. This is there third time where they are not lucky. It's a shame where they are always unfortunate. Well, in this story they go to Aunt Josephine's home and stay there. She is absolutely scared of everything. She doesn't like to pick up the phone and she doesn't use her stove. She thinks something terrible might happen while she is using it and she will die from it some how. Another thing that is weird about Aunt Josephine is that she is a grammar freak. If you said something wrong she would correct you and make you learn it the correct way. Do you know who is missing in this story right now? Your right Count Olaf, he comes in as Captain Sham and he has a very odd leg. It was a peg leg. As soon as he threatened Aunt Josephine she leaves a letter that tells the orphan children that she jumped out of the window, in other words, suicides. Klaus figures out something by all her grammar mistakes in her letter, and found out that she was at Curdled Cave. They take one of Count Olaf's boats and go set to find her. They eventually find her and tell her to come back. Then Count Olaf comes along right when they are about to leave. Count Olaf takes them as hostages and takes Aunt Josephine too. Count Olaf gets furious at Aunt Josephine and pushes her into the water full of leeches. The Baudelaire children now are with Count Olaf or Captain Sham. Thank goodness that Mr. Poe is here to the rescue, but of course he is never really any help at all. Afterwards, Captain Sham and Mr. Poe started a creative discussion, and after they were done Mr. Poe said that The Baudelaire children had to go with him. Then Sunny thought something very simple and decided to crack open Captain Sham's peg leg, since she knew that it was fake. It cracked open and there you could see Count Olaf's leg! They run away and the Baudelaire children try to run after him, but Mr. Poe wouldn't let them. Once again Count Olaf escaped from the Baudelaires. Weeks later the two fishermen said that there was a ripped up life jacket and it was floating upon the waters. The Baudelaire orphans were very sad after they heard this, and know that there are going to be more unfortunate times for them.

I liked this book because it is action packed with unfortunate stories. There is a quote that I enjoy a lot in this book. It is, " Curdled Cave," he said, "is for sale." "So What?" Aunt Josephine said. "That means," Klaus said, "that before long certain people will come to look at it. And some of those people"-he paused here dramatically-"will be realtors." This is such a funny quote because Aunt Josephine is scared of everything that you can possibly think of. I mean why would you be scared of realtors because they are so much to handle. Another thing there is a fat chance that you can get shocked and get killed by talking on the phone. Anyways the story was written that and since it is that way that's why it's so funny.

A quote that I didn't like in the story was "I'll change my name!" Aunt Josephine said. `I'll dye my hair! I'll wear colored contact lenses! And I'll go very, very, far away! Nobody will ever hear from me!" "But what about us, Aunt Josephine?" Klaus asked in horror. "What about us?" I do not like this quote at all because that means that Aunt Josephine didn't care for the three orphans at all. It hurts when you hear that from the person yourself. If I knew that my mother and father would abandon me in every way possible I would be horrified myself. As soon as I hear that I would be crying my eyes out. I'm pretty sure in the story or if this happened in real life it would be very hard for that someone to hear that if the person said it right in front of them. I feel really bad and sorry for the three Baudelaire children for them to hear what Aunt Josephine had to say.

My favorite part of the book was the part where Sunny broke Captain Sham's fake peg leg. It's really easy, I guess, for a baby with strong teeth to actually do that to Count Olaf. It was even more hilarious that Count Olaf had his leg just come out of his pants. That nasty thing was that it was all sweaty and wet. I guess that if you want a fortune from three orphans you would have to go through that. Another reason why this was my favorite part was that it made Count Olaf look like a fool. As soon as Sunny cracked the peg leg open, Count Olaf and his partner fled. The thing I didn't like about this part or scene was that Mr. Poe didn't let the Baudelaire children after those two men. They could have gone to catch up with him, but they couldn't even try to get up to Count Olaf. Anyways, the children will get another try at that because they have way more unfortunate things that are ahead of them.

Kim, Sarah

03/07/06

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A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window

Once again the Baudelaire children are going to get into a lot of trouble. This is there third time where they are not lucky. It's a shame where they are always unfortunate. Well, in this story they go to Aunt Josephine's home and stay there. She is absolutely scared of everything. She doesn't like to pick up the phone and she doesn't use her stove. She thinks something terrible might happen while she is using it and she will die from it some how. Another thing that is weird about Aunt Josephine is that she is a grammar freak. If you said something wrong she would correct you and make you learn it the correct way. Do you know who is missing in this story right now? Your right Count Olaf, he comes in as Captain Sham and he has a very odd leg. It was a peg leg. As soon as he threatened Aunt Josephine she leaves a letter that tells the orphan children that she jumped out of the window, in other words, suicides. Klaus figures out something by all her grammar mistakes in her letter, and found out that she was at Curdled Cave. They take one of Count Olaf's boats and go set to find her. They eventually find her and tell her to come back. Then Count Olaf comes along right when they are about to leave. Count Olaf takes them as hostages and takes Aunt Josephine too. Count Olaf gets furious at Aunt Josephine and pushes her into the water full of leeches. The Baudelaire children now are with Count Olaf or Captain Sham. Thank goodness that Mr. Poe is here to the rescue, but of course he is never really any help at all. Afterwards, Captain Sham and Mr. Poe started a creative discussion, and after they were done Mr. Poe said that The Baudelaire children had to go with him. Then Sunny thought something very simple and decided to crack open Captain Sham's peg leg, since she knew that it was fake. It cracked open and there you could see Count Olaf's leg! They run away and the Baudelaire children try to run after him, but Mr. Poe wouldn't let them. Once again Count Olaf escaped from the Baudelaires. Weeks later the two fishermen said that there was a ripped up life jacket and it was floating upon the waters. The Baudelaire orphans were very sad after they heard this, and know that there are going to be more unfortunate times for them.

I liked this book because it is action packed with unfortunate stories. There is a quote that I enjoy a lot in this book. It is, " Curdled Cave," he said, "is for sale." "So What?" Aunt Josephine said. "That means," Klaus said, "that before long certain people will come to look at it. And some of those people"-he paused here dramatically-"will be realtors." This is such a funny quote because Aunt Josephine is scared of everything that you can possibly think of. I mean why would you be scared of realtors because they are so much to handle. Another thing there is a fat chance that you can get shocked and get killed by talking on the phone. Anyways the story was written that and since it is that way that's why it's so funny.

A quote that I didn't like in the story was "I'll change my name!" Aunt Josephine said. `I'll dye my hair! I'll wear colored contact lenses! And I'll go very, very, far away! Nobody will ever hear from me!" "But what about us, Aunt Josephine?" Klaus asked in horror. "What about us?" I do not like this quote at all because that means that Aunt Josephine didn't care for the three orphans at all. It hurts when you hear that from the person yourself. If I knew that my mother and father would abandon me in every way possible I would be horrified myself. As soon as I hear that I would be crying my eyes out. I'm pretty sure in the story or if this happened in real life it would be very hard for that someone to hear that if the person said it right in front of them. I feel really bad and sorry for the three Baudelaire children for them to hear what Aunt Josephine had to say.

My favorite part of the book was the part where Sunny broke Captain Sham's fake peg leg. It's really easy, I guess, for a baby with strong teeth to actually do that to Count Olaf. It was even more hilarious that Count Olaf had his leg just come out of his pants. That nasty thing was that it was all sweaty and wet. I guess that if you want a fortune from three orphans you would have to go through that. Another reason why this was my favorite part was that it made Count Olaf look like a fool. As soon as Sunny cracked the peg leg open, Count Olaf and his partner fled. The thing I didn't like about this part or scene was that Mr. Poe didn't let the Baudelaire children after those two men. They could have gone to catch up with him, but they couldn't even try to get up to Count Olaf. Anyways, the children will get another try at that because they have way more unfortunate things that are ahead of them.