CHAPTER ONE

I advise you to put down the book you are reading and do something productive, or better yet, throw it out of a hot balloon. This book tells the story of the Quagmire Triplets unfortunate stay in the Self Sustaining Hot Air Balloon with Hector. Duncan was looking out the window, thinking about the recent reuniting with the Baudelaire orphans. The five orphans met at a terrible boarding school where they soon became insepertable, a phrase which here means, very close friends that would disguise themselves to run for Count Olaf. And speaking of Count Olaf, did I mention that the Quagmires and the Baudelairs were being hunted down by a violent criminal named Count Olaf? No? Well, they were. Even though they were, Count Olaf wasn't the threat. I am very tempted to tell you who they were, but I have to write down the whole story. My Typewriter is running out of ink, so I have to end now, but that doesn't stop you from dropping this book out of a hot air balloon and reading a happier book.