(eng) Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events 03 - The Wide Window by Snicket Lemony
Author:Snicket, Lemony [Snicket, Lemony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER
Nine
The United States Postal Service has a motto. The motto is: âNeither rain nor sleet nor driving snow shall halt the delivery of the mails.â All this means is that even when the weather is nasty and your mailperson wants to stay inside and enjoy a cup of cocoa, he or she has to bundle up and go outside and deliver your mail anyway. The United States Postal Service does not think that icy storms should interfere with its duties.
The Baudelaire orphans were distressed to learn that the Fickle Ferry had no such policy. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny had made their way down the hill with much difficulty. The storm was rising, and the children could tell that the wind and the rain wanted nothing more than to grab them and throw them into the raging waters of Lake Lachrymose. Violet and Sunny hadnât had the time to grab their coats as they escaped the house, so all three children took turns wearing Klausâs coat as they stumbled along the flooding road. Once or twice a car drove by, and the Baudelaires had to scurry into the muddy bushes and hide, in case Captain Sham was coming to retrieve them. When they finally reached Damocles Dock, their teeth were chattering and their feet were so cold they could scarcely feel their toes, and the sight of the CLOSED sign in the window of the Fickle Ferry ticket booth was just about more than they could stand.
âItâs closed,â Klaus cried, his voice rising with despair and in order to be heard over Hurricane Herman. âHow will we get to Curdled Cave now?â
âWeâll have to wait until it opens,â Violet replied.
âBut it wonât open until the storm is past,â Klaus pointed out, âand by then Captain Sham will find us and take us far away. We have to get to Aunt Josephine as soon as possible.â
âI donât know how we can,â Violet said, shivering. âThe atlas says that the cave is all the way across the lake, and we canât swim all that way in this weather.â
âEntro!â Sunny shrieked, which meant something along the lines of âAnd we donât have enough time to walk around the lake, either.â
âThere must be other boats on this lake,â Klaus said, âbesides the ferry. Motorboats, or fishing boats, orââ He trailed off, and his eyes met those of his sisters. All three orphans were thinking the same thing.
âOr sailboats,â Violet finished for him. âCaptain Shamâs Sailboat Rentals. He said it was right on Damocles Dock.â
The Baudelaires stood under the awning of the ticket booth and looked down at the far end of the deserted dock, where they could see a metal gate that was very tall and had glistening spikes on the top of it. Hanging over the metal gate was a sign with some words they couldnât read, and next to the sign there was a small shack, scarcely visible in the rain, with a flickering light in the window. The children looked at it with dread in their hearts.
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