The Hostile Hospital by Lemony A. Snicket

Author:Lemony A. Snicket
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2009-12-25T20:00:00+00:00

"We are Volunteers Fighting Disease,

And we're cheerful all day long.

If someone said that we were sad,

That person would be wrong."

There, coming around the corner, were the Volunteers Fighting Disease, walking down the hall singing their cheerful song and carrying enormous bunches of heart-shaped balloons. Klaus and Sunny looked at one another, and ran to catch up with the group. What better place to hide than among people who believed that no news was good news, and so didn't read the newspaper?

"We visit people who are sick,

And try to make them smile,

Even if their noses bleed,

Or if they cough up bile."

To the children's relief, the volunteers paid no attention as Klaus and Sunny infiltrated the group, a phrase which here means "sneaked into the middle of a singing crowd." An especially cheerful singer seemed to be the only one who noticed, and she immediately handed a balloon to each newcomer. Klaus and Sunny held the balloons in front of their faces, so that anybody passing by would see two volunteers with shiny, helium-filled hearts, instead of two accused criminals hiding in V.F.D.

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