The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)

by Lemony Snicket

Dramatic irony is a cruel occurrence, one that is almost always upsetting, and I’m sorry to have it appear in this story, but Violet, Klaus, and Sunny have such unfortunate lives that it was only a matter of time before dramatic irony would rear its ugly head.

The story’s moral, of course, ought to be “Never live somewhere where wolves are running around loose,”

Here, snakey! Here, snakey snakey!”