Part 1: Chapters 20, 21, and 22 Summary

Mr. Sir takes Stanley to the Warden for stealing his sunflower seeds. The Warden asks Stanley to bring her the small make-up case from her dressing room. From the case, she takes a bottle of deep red nail polish and begins painting her nails, explaining that the nail polish has a secret ingredient of rattlesnake venom, which is poisonous when it's wet. When the Warden asks Mr. Sir if he thinks Caveman stole his seeds, he says that he thinks it was someone else and Stanley is just covering up. The Warden tells Mr. Sir that she doesn't care about his sunflower seeds and then she slaps Mr. Sir really hard with her wet fingernails, drawing blood, and allowing the poison to rush in. Mr. Sir screams and the Warden sends Stanley back to his hole, telling him that...