Thursday, March 16, 2017

A summary of the start of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" (with some changes), by Annabel

It is my duty to inform you of the Smith children's terrible and unfortunate childhood. If you would like to read something more “happy” then I would suggest that you stop reading and put this book down. The Smith children consist of three children. Victoria who was 14, the oldest, had a love for reading. Fortunate enough for her, her parents had a big library so she could read whenever she felt like. Kaleb who was 12 was the middle child and he had a love for inventing- he could invent anything. And little Samantha; at the age of two Samantha had the jaw of a whale and the teeth of a shark. Her passion was biting things, she would bite the scrabble letters, the edge of the table and even the plates her food was severed on.

One day the Smith children went on a tram to the sea side. It was a very gloomy day so the beach was very empty, so empty that there wasn't a single soul in sight. Whenever Victoria was focused she would always tie her hair up with a blue ribbon and that's exactly what she did. So there they were sitting on the beach, Kaleb inventing, Victoria reading and Samantha biting. Until, suddenly, a figure appeared from the fog.
“Eb ma jik” Samantha said. Samantha, being two, could only speak in grunts or words that didn't make sense. What Samantha was probably trying to say was “Who is the strange figure appearing from the fog?”. It was Mr Poe from Mulctuary Money Management.
"Ahh the Smith children. I'm afraid I have to inform you of some terrible news… your parents have perished in a fire”.
The Smith children couldn't believe the words coming out of Mr Poe's mouth. They got in the car and drove back to to what was left of their house. The children recovered some of their parents things and returned to the car in dismay.
“You will come live with me until I find you another home, your parents have left very strict instructions for where you are to go” Mr Poe said. Victoria untied her hair and slouched back into the seat.
“I can't believe it” she said. When they arrived Mr Poe's wife was preparing dinner.
"Oh hello Smiths, this will make a great headline”.
"Headline?” Kaleb asked.
“Oh yes of course this is the biggest news this town has heard in years” she replied.
After dinner the Smiths went up to their room which had the world's ugliest wallpaper to go with the world's ugliest carpet that went with the ugliest curtains.
“Mr Poe, where's the bed?” Victoria asked.
“Oh it's right here,” he replied as he entered the room with an air bed. “We don't have a pump so you will have to use your breath". The Smiths eventually finished blowing up the air bed, got into bed and fell asleep, dreaming of their house and parents.

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