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A Series of Unfortunate Events: Valerie Oliver

Taken from The Wide Window, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, published by HarperCollins.

Read by Valerie Oliver: "I'm a retired elementary librarian and a lover of books. I think Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events is a deliciously wicked tale of misfortune and sorrow." In these trying economic times, Valerie thinks Americans have a priceless jewel in their public libraries. She currently works for the Alaska State Library, helping to secure funding for basic phone and Internet services for public libraries and schools across the state of Alaska.

In The Wide Window, from A Series of Unfortunate Events, the Baudelaire orphans are desperate after reading the supposed suicide note of their aunt.

"'I'm not sure,' Klaus said, looking over the note one more time. 'I might have begun figuring something out. Something that could help us. But I need more time.'

'But we don't have any time!' Violet cried.
...
'Then we're going to have to make some more time somehow,' Klaus said determinedly.
...
'How can we make more time?' Violet asked.

'You're the inventor,' Klaus answered....

'But you can't invent things like time,' Violet said. 'You can invent things like automatic popcorn poppers. You can invent things like steam-powered window washers. But you can't invent more time.'"



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