Violet Baudelaire is fourteen years old and loves creating amazing PLURAL NOUN ; Klaus Baudelaire is twelve and an ADJECTIVE NOUN; Sunny Baudelaire is a NOUN and has four surprisingly large and sharp PLURAL BODY PART. While they PAST TENSE VERB at Briny Beach, the children were told by a ADJECTIVE NOUN, Mr. Poe, that their parents have died in a fire that destroyed their NOUN. They are placed in the care of Count Olaf, said to be a NOUN although the children have never heard of him before. Olaf's ADJECTIVE house is ADJECTIVE and covered in pictures of PLURAL BODY PART; it has a tower which the Baudelaires are forbidden from entering. Count Olaf is ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE, and forces the children to VERB . It becomes clear that Count Olaf is scheming to steal the Baudelaire's NOUN.
For the next few days, Olaf keeps the Baudelaires busy by forcing them to ADVERB VERB his NOUN. The Baudelaires disagree but try their hardest to VERB. One day, the Baudelaires are set the task of VERB ENDING WITH ING for Olaf and his theatre troupe. The siblings make FOOD, but when Olaf arrives, he demands FOOD . Klaus tells everyone Count Olaf has given them only one NOUN and a pile of PLURAL NOUN for the three of them to VERB on and to VERB with.