HolesLouisSacharPARTONEYOUAREENTERINGCAMPGREENLAKE1ThereisnolakeatCampGreenLake.Thereoncewasaverylargelakehere,thelargestlakeinTexas.Thatwasoverahundredyearsago.Nowitisjustadry,flatwasteland.ThereusedtobeatownofGreenLakeaswell.Thetownshriveledanddriedupalongwiththelake,andthepeoplewholivedthere.Duringthesummerthedaytimetemperaturehoversaroundninety-fivedegreesintheshade—ifyoucanfindanyshade.There'snotmuchshadeinabigdrylake.Theonlytreesaretwooldoaksontheeasternedgeofthe"lake."Ahammockisstretchedbetweenthetwotrees,andalogcabinstandsbehindthat.Thecampersareforbiddentolieinthehammock.ItbelongstotheWarden.TheWardenownstheshade.Outonthelake,rattlesnakesandscorpionsfindshadeunderrocksandintheholesdugbythecampers.Here'sagoodruletorememberaboutrattlesnakesandscorpions:Ifyoudon'tbotherthem,theywon'tbotheryou.Usually.Beingbittenbyascorpionorevenarattlesnakeisnottheworstthingthatcanhappentoyou.Youwon'tdie.Usually.Sometimesacamperwilltrytobebittenbyascorpion,orevenasmallrattlesnake.Thenhewillgettospendadayortworecoveringinhistent,insteadofhavingtodigaholeoutonthelakeButyoudon'twanttobebittenbyayellow-spottedlizard.That'stheworstthingthatcanhappentoyou.Youwilldieaslowandpainfuldeath.Always.Ifyougetbittenbyayellow-spottedlizard,youmightaswellgointotheshadeoftheoaktreesandlieinthehammock.Thereisnothinganyonecandotoyouanymore.2Thereaderisprobablyasking:WhywouldanyonegotoCampGreenLake?Mostcampersweren'tgivenachoice.CampGreenLakeisacampforbadboys.Ifyoutakeabadboyandmakehimdigaholeeverydayinthehotsun,itwillturnhimintoagoodboy.Thatwaswhatsomepeoplethought.StanleyYelnatswasgivenachoice.Thejudgesaid,"Youmaygotojail,oryoumaygotoCampGreenLake."Stanleywasfromapoorfamily.Hehadneverbeentocampbefore.3StanleyYelnatswastheonlypassengeronthebus,notcountingthedriverortheguardTheguardsatnexttothedriverwithhisseatturnedaroundfacingStanleyAriflelayacrosshislapStanleywassittingabouttenrowsback,handc