The Bad Beginning
By Lemony Snicket
The Baudelaire orphans endure cruelty and danger under Count Olaf, who schemes to steal their inheritance, leaving their future uncertain.
Worksheets
Olaf mistreats the children, forces them into chores, and even strikes Klaus, but Mr. Poe dismisses their pleas for help, leaving them powerless.
After their parents die in a fire, the Baudelaire children are sent to live with the sinister Count Olaf, who is clearly interested in their fortune.
Class 1
Class 2
Klaus discovers through law books that Olaf plans to marry Violet in order to legally steal the Baudelaire fortune.
Class 3
Violet invents a grappling hook to rescue Sunny from Olaf’s tower, but the siblings are caught and threatened with death if they refuse Olaf’s scheme.
Class 4
Olaf nearly succeeds in tricking Violet into a legal marriage, but her clever use of signing with the wrong hand voids the plan, although Olaf escapes vowing revenge.