The Wide Window

Their new guardian is Aunt Josephine, who's afraid of almost everything and lives in a house hanging over Lake Lachrymose. Captain Sham, a peg-legged sailor, is Olaf in disguise, and Josephine doesn't believe the kids. She vanishes, leaving a note that hands custody to Sham. Klaus decodes the grammar mistakes in the note and finds her hiding place: Curdled Cave. A hurricane wrecks the house while the three steal a boat. Josephine faked her own death out of fear. On the way back, leeches attack, and Olaf arrives and leaves Josephine to them. Sunny bites the fake peg leg, the tattoo shows, and Olaf escapes again.

1. ChangeOlaf "rescues" the orphans

   In the movie, Captain Sham rescues the kids on the lake in front of Mr. Poe and wins back custody. In the book, Sunny bites the fake peg leg, Olaf is exposed and runs.

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2. ChangeJosephine already knew Olaf

   In the show, Aunt Josephine knows Olaf from before and is shocked to see him. In the book, she seems never to have heard of him.

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3. ChangeA braver aunt

   In the book, Josephine offers the children to Olaf in exchange for her own safety. In the show, she stands up to him.

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4. ChangeRunning from Mr. Poe

   At the end of the book, the orphans stay with Mr. Poe. In the show, they run from him after spotting a Lucky Smells Lumbermill truck.

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