"Once upon a time, there was a black horse. Her name was Abi. She ate some oats. The end. Once upon a time, there was a fish named Sam. He swam. The end."
Violet couldn't take it any more. She fell asleep, not because of Mr. Remora's boring storied, but because of her twenty-five minutes of sleep the previous night.
"Violet Baudelaire!" shouted Mr. Remora, shoving almost a whole banana in his mouth. "You seemed like you weren't listening."
Violet snapped out of her sleep at the sound of her name.
Mr. Remora sighed. "What colour was the horse?"
"Brown."
"What was the horse's gender?"
"Male."
"What was the horse's name?"
"Um... Klaus."
"What did the horse do?"
"Ran in a field?"
Mr. Remora proceeded to shout at Violet, almost choking on his banana in the process.
***
Klaus was already asleep. He woke up from a nudge by Isadora.
"Klaus," she whispered. "Mrs. Bass is trying to talk to you."
"Thank you." he whispered gratefully to her.
"How long did I say pencil number 5 was?" asked the teacher.
"Uh... 10.5 centimetres." answered Klaus uncertainly.
"Wrong!" exclaimed Mrs Bass, fiercely slapping her ruler across her desk. It made a thwack noise that woke Klaus up for good that lesson. "It was 8 centimetres."
"8 centimetres... 8 centimetres." whispered Klaus, trying to hammer it into his brain.
***
Sunny's day with Nero was the same. The three children slept through lessons until they got very irritated. Klaus actually yelled at Isadora for making a 'loud' noise when she accidentally dropped her book, although he immediately apologised and the triplet understood.
The children ran and ran until one day Carmelita said that Vice Principal Nero wanted to see them.
"Klaus, Mrs Bass tells me you are failing at measuring pointless objects." he said when they got there. "Violet, Mr Remora tells me you are failing at listening to pointless stories. And Sunny, your work is simply dreadful. I will be setting you all exams based on your subject, and you will study as hard as you can, whilst running pointless laps around the field. If you fail, Coach Genghis will homeschool you."
"Homeschool us?" repeated Violet.
"Homeschool you." confirmed Nero.
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Baudelaires and a White
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