![]() ![]() ![]() Poe is the executor of their parents' estate, and their parents left behind an enormous fortune that will only pass to the children when Violet comes of age. Poe tells them that they'll stay with him for a few days until he can get things sorted out for them. It seems they died in a terrible fire that burned down their whole house. Poe has some horrible news: The children's parents are dead. ![]() Poe, a banker who constantly coughs and is friends with the Baudelaire family. Turns out, this weird person is just Mr.Sunny-who is just a baby-likes to bite thingsā¦ and she also notices a mysterious figure coming toward the children on the beach.Klaus, who is twelve, is thinking about some of the books he's read while checking out creatures in a tide-pool.Violet, who is fourteen years old, is skipping rocks and dreaming of things she might invent one day.It all starts one overcast day when the kids are hanging out at Briny Beach.That's probably because a whole bunch of downer things happen to the three Baudelaire children-Violet, Klaus, and Sunny.This tale opens with a disclaimer: If you like sweet and pleasant stories with happy endings, then you'd be better off reading some other book, since this one is kind of a downer. ![]()
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