Author's Notes: This story takes place immediately after book the first and is written as if the other books do not exist, so keep that in mind while reading. Lastly, please review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Violet, Klaus, Sunny, Mr. Poe, Justice Straus, and the other characters introduced in book the first.
Dear Reader,
My most sincere congratulations to you for finding this document. I intentionally made it difficult to find, so that Count Olaf cannot obtain it.
I am writing to you now from the cold, damp, and smelly basement of the Merriam Dissoto Public Library in Sussex, England, to give you my second account of the Baudelaire siblings' latest misfortune. In the account that follows, the Baudelaire siblings encounter freezing temperatures, another disastrous fire, street bums, and a very large library. If I were you, I wouldn't read any further, because what follows is the most unpleasant chapter yet in the Baudelaire's miserable lives. Unfortunately, I am not you, and I bet that you'll continue reading this until you can handle its unpleasantness no longer… maybe you'll even read it the whole way through. I am not writing this for your entertainment (besides, anyone reading this for entertainment purposes is most likely the Count himself), but am writing it with the hope that you will help me in my perilous plight to help the Bauldelaires. If that is your intent, good luck to you.