📖 The Carnivorous Carnival

The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket is another very unfortunate book in A Series of Unfortunate Events. The book starts dramatically, as after the most recent book of the series, the Baudelaire orphans are in their cruel and deceitful relative's trunk. Their relative, Count Olaf, is a money-hungry man who, along with his associates, has been chasing the three Baudelaire orphans(Sunny, Klaus, and Violet) ever since he laid eyes on them, developing cunning plans to capture them and their inherited fortune after the orphans' parents died in a house fire. Back to the trunk, where, after some brilliant lockpicking by Violet, the orphans managed to escape the car and ended up in a carnival. They used some disguises in Count Olaf's trunk, effectively hiding from their enemies' grasp, for now, making themselves look like carnival workers. At the carnival, the orphans must perform carnival shows with starving lions also present. Also, they find a thing or two about the "V.F.D". How long can the Baudelaires keep their disguises in check before they get busted? Make sure to read this very exciting but horrifying book, especially the ending! As reiterated and reminded by the author Lemony Snicket, don't pick up this if you expect a happy ending, as in A Series of "Unfortunate" Events, there aren't any.

《The Carnivorous Carnival》是Lemony Snicket所著《A Series of Unfortunate Events》中的又一本非常不幸的作品。故事一开始就充满戏剧性:在上一部的结尾之后,Baudelaire orphans三姐弟被困在他们残忍又狡猾的亲戚Count Olaf的后备箱里。Count Olaf 是一个贪图金钱的人,自从第一次见到这三位孤儿(Sunny、Klaus 和 Violet)后,就一直和他的同伙们追逐他们,策划各种阴险的计划,企图夺取他们在父母死于火灾后继承的遗产。 回到后备箱,在 Violet 出色的开锁技巧帮助下,孤儿们成功逃离了汽车,来到了一座马戏团。他们利用 Count Olaf 后备箱里的伪装暂时躲过了敌人的追捕,把自己打扮成马戏团的工作人员。在马戏团中,他们不得不表演"怪人秀",而且周围还有饥饿的狮子。同时,他们也发现了一些关于"V.F.D."的线索。在被揭穿之前,Baudelaire 孤儿们还能维持多久的伪装呢? 一定要阅读这本既惊险又令人毛骨悚然的书,尤其是它的结局!正如作者 Lemony Snicket 一再提醒的那样,如果你期待一个幸福的结局,那就不要翻开这本书,因为在《A Series of "Unfortunate" Events》中,从来没有所谓的美好结局。