The Reptile Room Chapter 1 Summary

[1] The Reptile Room begins with the Baudelaire children riding down Lousy Lane with Mr. Poe to live with their new guardian, Dr. Montgomery Montgomery. [2] When they arrive the children are frightened by the hedges shaped like snakes. While they drive past the hedges the children ask Mr. Poe about the hedges and he tells them that Dr. Montgomery is a Herpetologist which means he studies snakes. As they go to knock on the door it swings open to reveal Dr. Montgomery Montgomery who asks if they like coconut cake because he made some for the children and Mr. Poe. Mr. Poe leaves promising to return in a few days with the Baudelaire’s remaining items that survived the fire. [3] Happily over the next few days the Baudelaire’s begin to love and …show more content…
[3] Finally they all went to see a movie and when they got back to the house they raced up to Violet’s room without saying goodnight or goodbye to their Uncle Monty. [2] When they awoke the next morning they went to the Reptile Room to see Monty but sadly what they found would haunt them for the rest of their lives. As they stared in shock, Olaf walked in pretending he didn’t kill Monty. [4] Forcing them into Monty’s jeep, Olaf told them they were going to Peru. Luckily as they were pulling out of the drive way, Olaf rammed into Mr. Poe who had returned with their belongings as promised. Mr. Poe found out about Monty and the children began to try and find evidence to prove “Stephano” was Count Olaf and that he had killed Monty. Slowly, the children found evidence that Olaf killed Monty and presented it to Mr. Poe who had Olaf arrested by the “police” who was really one of Count Olaf’s henchmen. After Olaf escaped, Mr. Poe called the Herpetology Society and they took all of Monty’s animals. Mr. Poe then took the Baudelaire’s to their next guardian on the list….. their aunt