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Chapter 26. When Green Lake still had water, one hundred and ten years ago, the news spreads that Miss Katherine and Sam have kissed. At this time it is against the law for a black man to kiss a white woman and the angry town comes to the schoolhouse to attack Miss Katherine and her books.
Doc Hawthorn did not resent Sam. The folks of Green Lake were afraid to take chances. They would get regular medicine from Doc Hawthorn and onion concoctions from Sam. After they got over their illness, no one could be sure, not even Doc Hawthorn, which of the two treatments had done the trick.
110 years ago, the people of Green Lake went to both Doc Hawthorn and Sam, the onion man, for their maladies. Sam grew onions on the opposite side of the lake. He claimed that his donkey, Mary Lou, was 50 years old thanks to her steady diet of onions.
Part 1, Chapter 25 Summary. One hundred and ten years ago at Green Lake, the people go to Sam, the onion man, for health advice. One day, Katherine Barlow is feeding onions to Sam’s donkey Mary Lou when she reveals that she is worried about the rain because the schoolhouse leaks.
Feb 3, 2024 · Why did the townspeople destroy the schoolhouse that Sam fixed in Holes? In Holes, how did Sam and Kate Barlow assist Stanley and Zero in the desert?
Sam and Katherine attempt to escape across the lake to Sam's secret onion fields, but Trout Walker's motorized boat is inescapable. Trout shoots Sam in the water, which puts a curse on Green Lake: no rain falls until Stanley and Hector , 110 years later, set things right.
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Chapter 28 shifts back in time again; now it is twenty years after Sam’s death. Kate Barlow returns to Green Lake. It has not rained a drop since the townspeople killed Sam, and Green Lake is...
