Summary:
In the book HOLES Clyde Livingston's baseball shoes were stolen. Due to the incident, Stanley had to go to court. At court, Stanley was sent to Camp Green Lake. Stanley never went to camp before, so he wondered what it would be like. Him and his family blamed all of their bad luck on Stanley's great, great grandfather.
When we first meet Stanley, he is a young innocent boy who is over weight. When he was walking home from school one day, he was minding his own business when all of a sudden he got hit in the head by a pair of sneakers. He had no clue where they came from. At the time, Stanley's father was trying to come up with an invention for a solution for people with smelly sneakers, so Stanley ran home with them. While he was running, the police stopped him. They accused him of stealing a pair of Clyde Livingston's shoes from a charity home. Clyde Livingston was a famous baseball player. Due to the incident, Stanley had to go to court. At court, Stanley was sent to Camp Green Lake. Stanley never went to camp before, so he wondered what it would be like. Him and his family blamed all of their bad luck on Stanley's great, great grandfather.
They blamed all their bad luck on their Stanley's great, great grandfather because he was robbed by Kate Barlow, a famous outlaw, who was feared by many. She killed many people, but right before she did, she would kiss them. She then got the nickname Kissin' Kate Barlow. He was then stranded. Also, there is another reason. It was because when Stanley's great, great grandfather was in his late teen years, he fell in love with Myra Menka. His great, great grandfather's name was Eyla Yelnats. He went to ask Myra's father for her hand in marriage, but so did another man named Ignor Barlov. Ignor raised pigs, so Myra's father wanted het to marry him, just for the food. Eyla said the only hing he had to offer was a heart full of love. Eyla Yelnats was upset with the whole marriage situation, so he went to go talk to Madame Zeroni, and old Egyption women, with dark skin. Elya told her his problem, and she came up with a solution. She said her sow just had piglets the day before he went to talk to her. She told him there was a runt, and that he could have it. Madame Zeroni told him that up on the mountain there is a stream that runs uphill. She told him to then take the runt up the mountain everyday, and sing to it while it drinks. She then told Eyla that on Myra's fifteenth birthday, he had to carry the pig up the mountain for the last time, and it would be bigger and fatter than any of Ignor's pigs. Madame Zeroni also said that after he gives the pig to Myra's father he would have to go and carry her (Madame Zeroni) up the mountain. Up there he would have to let her drink the water. While she drank the water, he would have to sing to her, just like he did with the pig. Madame Zeroni then said that if he didn't complete the task, him and his decedents could be cursed for life. At the time, Eyla didn't think the curse could really happen. On the last dat, he didn't carry the pig up the mountain. When the pigs were weighed on Myra's birthday, they weighed the same. Also, Eyla didn't carry Madame Zeroni up the mountain, so sure enough, the curse began.
Stanley Yelnats(Caveman) and Hector Zeroni (Zero)-Stanley was a very nice kid. At school, he was made fun by Derrick Dunne. Stanley was made fun of because of his weight. Stanley was accused of stealing a pair of Clyde Livingston's sneakers, even though he didn't. Stanley then was sent to court. From court, he was sent to Camp Green Lake. At Camp Green Lake, Stanley and the other boys had to dig holes. While digging, Stanley found a gold tube with the initials KB in it. He realized it stood for Kate Barlow. Then Stanley's friend Zero ran away from camp. Stanley ran away from camp too. He did to look for Zero. Sadly, Zero didn't have a family, and he was poor. Stanley taught Zero how to read. Stanley found Zero. Together they climbed a mountain that looked like a big thumb. They called it Big Thumb. They thought that water was on the mountain. Sure enough, they found not only water, but also onions.
Kate complained to Sam that her school needed to be fixed, so Sam fixed it for her. The school didn't really need all the fixing up, but she said that just to spend time with Sam. Sam was black and Kate was white. At the time, a black and white person couldn't kiss. Someone saw the two kissing. And thy yelled out, "God will punish you!" Word of the incident got around quickly. A man Trout Walker led a group of peope that burned down Kate's school house. Trout Walker was a man who like Kate. While the school house ws burning down, Kate ran to the police department. She asked him to help, but she just sat there asnd told her she was beautiful. He asked her to kiss him. She told the sheriff he was drunk. The sheriff said that he always get drunk before a hanging. Kate asked what he meant. He said how it was illegal for a black person to kill a white person. Kate then told the sheriff that if they hang Sam they will have to hang her too. The sheriff then said that is Kate kisses him he won't hand Sam. Kate went running for the door, and then the sheriff said she would be punished. Kate then left the police department, and found Sam. She told him all the details, so he got in his row boat, and started to paddle away in the lake. Then all of a sudden Kate saw Trout's motor boat going after Sam. Then Kate saw the boats crash, and Sam was dead. A few days later, Kate Barlow went to the police station where the sheriff who wanted her to kiss him was. She shot him. Then she applied a fresh coat of lip stick, and kissed him. That was just the beginning of the famous outlaw, Kissin' Kate Barlow.
The other boys at Camp Green Lake were all there for the same reason. They were there because they committed a crime. All the boys had nicknames, just for fun. Their camp counselor was Mr. Pendankski. They liked to call him Mom. The Warden was feared by many of the kids.
When Kate finally returned to Camp Green Lake, Trout captured her. Kate figured out that Trout married Linda. They tortured her, and every day the torturing got worse. On one of the days, a yellow spotted lizard crawled on her. Yellow spotted lizards kill you if they bite you. When the lizard was on Kate, Trout and Linda begged and demanded Kate to tell then where the treasure was. Kate didn't tell them, and she died laughing.
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