The Penultimate Blog... or perhaps the peril

The Penultimate Peril...Lemony Sniket?
Not quite
The Penultimate Peril I'm talking about is R&G's
             -pirates? or the fact that they come to the realization that they were "marked men" from the beginning? Perhaps it is one that led to the other...
If they read the letter, do a double take...why do they not realize this ISN'T what they read before? How can they be a stupid to accept it? Or are they being smart...but according to them living in a box is better than not living at all. So it's fear then that makes them feel so helpless.

Speaking of helplessness...and stupidity...in class we said it is possible to feel sorry for R&G because they were really innocent. But can you forgive their idiocy? Their helplessness and naive behaviors led them to their end.They were used. They could have prevented their "dead end."
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