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On the dark and spooky road of Dark Avenue, the orphans venture to their new home, wondering if they will actually be able to escape from the treacherous Count Olaf's clutches. As they pull up to the new hotel they will be staying at, they notice that everything and everywhere was dark. They questioned the doorman where there new home was and he told them it was at the very top of the hotel. The penthouse. Normally, this wasn't hard to reach the sixty-sixth floor. When using the elevator.  But for some odd reason the elevator was out. Both of them. So the children trudged up the stairway with only a candle light to guide their way up the stairs. They were greeted at the door of the penthouse by their new guardians, Jerome Squalor, and his wife, Emse Squalor.

Upon the day of their arrival, the children were taken to their rooms and had to wear a pinstripe suit for dinner. Esme was the sixth most important financial advisor, so therefore she always knew what was in and wheat was out. Pinstripe suits, darkness, aqueous martinis, and orphans were in. The children and Jerome had to get dinner without Emse because she had a meeting with the auctioneer to discuss the upcoming auction. When the children were dressed they walked out their rooms and were in shock to see Count Olaf, standing outside their rooms disguised as Gaston, the auctioneer. Will the orphans yet again escape from Count Olaf? Read the Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket to find out...

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Once a year, around late February or early March, India holds an interesting festival that is know as the Holi Hai festival, or the Festival of Colours.  This festival was traced back to the Hindu roots and it is celebrated to get people to notice and reinforce the triumph of ‘good' over ‘bad'. 

The morning of the festival, you might find many people plundering through stores buying powder.  Yes they buy powder because on the nearby streets is where the festival begins.  Townsfolk make their way to the active streets and fling powder at anyone they desire!  They grab handfuls and handfuls of powder and hurl it at their friends, family, and even people they don't know!  This festival is very fun for everyone, not just the kids.  This festival is a way for the Indian culture to bridge their social gap between the lower ends of the cast to the upper end.  An author from Cliff says,

"If you can imagine a holiday that combines Thanksgiving, Carnival and Valentine's Day with the colors of Easter - but where people get colored instead of eggs - you have some idea of why this holiday is so eagerly awaited."

                                                        Holi Hai!

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