The Laboratory with the snakes

the Laboratory with the snakes is the second tome cheese of the series the Disastrous Adventures of the orphans Baudelaire by Lemony Snicket

In Quebec it has as a title the Laboratory with the reptiles and in English it is " The Reptilar Room"

Summary

Violet, Klaus and Prunille settle in their uncle Monty, an enthusiastic and accessible man, specialist in the snakes. II works in a large laboratory full with snakes out of cage and equipped with an exhaustive library on the herpetology. Monty discovered and named the death-sure Viper of Bengal. II acts of an inoffensive snake whose Monty invented the name by joke, and who is caught friendship for Prunille instantaneously. Very quickly the orphans are alarmed, not because of all these snakes mortals, but because of Stephano, the new one assisting of the professor, who carries an eye tattooed on ankle and the eyes which shine. The children try, without success, to convince Monty which it is about the count Olaf. The next morning, Monty is found died, be-saying victim of the one of the most poisonous snakes of the Earth, Mamba of the evil. The orphans, suspicious, study the books of the library and discover that Mamba of the evil strangles its victims all in the corrosive one; however, the body of uncle Monty does not carry any trace of strangulation! They know now that it is well the count Olaf who killed uncle Monty. Mr. Poe arrives; the children must make quickly if they want to prove that the count Olaf is the murderer. That will be difficult, in any event. The doctor belongs to the traces of venom of Mamba of the evil in the blood of Monty and Stephano, which was employed only two days, affirms anything to know with the snakes. The three tighten a trap with the count: while Violette excavates its luggage, very small Prunille discreetly opens the cage of the death-sure Viper of Bengal and starts to shout, while the viper encloses it and bites it. Everyone runs, Mr. Poe panics, Stephano keeps its calm and… made a course of herpetology in which it shows the inoffensive character of the viper! As for Violet, it found in the bag of the count the syringe and the bottle of venom which enabled him to achieve its crime. Confused, Stephano admits being the count Olaf but flees at once with the assistance of the doctor, his accomplice…

Film adaptation

This volume was adapted to the cinema in the film the disastrous adventures of the orphans Baudelaire of Brad Silberling

Bonds

Official site of the books (French)

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