The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)

by Lemony Snicket

He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over.

And a town not too far from where you live has a law that bars me from coming within five miles of its borders.

They didn’t understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t so.