As the Baudelaires pulled up in front of their new home they were surprised
to see it looked fairly normal. No houses on a huge hill towering an
ocean, no hospitals half built or laboratories full of strange creatures.
It was a small cottage home with a red roof and brownish-white siding. The
Baudelaires were impressed with the home, now they just had to meet their
new protector.
They walked up the stone walkway and knocked on the door. No one answered
the door. So Violet knocked on the door again. This time, a short old
man, very plump, opened the door. He said,
"Well hello, these must be the Baudelaire youngsters!"
"Yes, we are," Violet said nervously.
"Well come on in kids."
So the three Baudelaire children walked into the house slow and cautiously.
The house smelled of cottage cheese. The Baudelaires were not happy about
the smell but the house was beautiful.
"Well, it's no mansion but it's home to me," the man said.
"Oh, it's just perfect!" Violet said cheeringly.
"Well that's nice, now let me show you little youngsters to your rooms."
As the man walked the Baudelaires to their rooms, they saw the house was
very dark and gloomy. This didn't bother the children seeing as how they
were used to gloomy places. They walked upstairs to the second floor and
saw there were four bedrooms.
"The furthest one to the left is for you Vivian."
"It's Violet," she said.
"That's what I meant," he said aimlessly.
"The furthest on the right is for you Karl."
"It's actually Klaus," Klaus said nervously.
"Oh you little youngsters sure are tricky!" the old man said.
"The second door on the left is for little Sophie!"
"Chicka neit twer!" Sunny said, which meant something along the lines of,
"It's Sunny you old geyser, now get it right!"
The Baudelaires each went to their own room seeing the rooms were very
small. But the Baudelaires didn't care; at least they had their own rooms.
As the old man began down the hall to his room he said,
"Oh children by the way my name is Count Coloff."
The Baudelaires each in their own rooms said to themselves,
"Oh great."
