Ashberry

“	He's not handsome, but he's my best friend in the world and one of the dearest things in my life.	”
	— Randall about Ashberry, File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents

Ashberry is a one-eared dog that appears in File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents, in the sixth incident, "Silver Spoon."

Biography

Early Life

Ashberry was adopted by Randall, and became a guard dog for his group of drifters. As people didn't want to hire Randall to wash windows when Ashberry was around, the dog was left at camp.

File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents

Silver Spoon/Twenty-Five Guests

While guarding the camp, Ashberry is alerted to Smogface Wiley entering the camp to steal Randall's spoon. Ashberry barks "like crazy" until the drifters return and discover the theft.

When Lemony Snicket investigates the theft, Smogface's reference to Ashberry is what tips him off that the man was the thief, as he wouldn't have known about the dog's physical appearance unless he'd been in the camp.

Physical Appearance

When Snicket sees the drifters' camp, he sees Ashberry laying by the fire, and describes him as a dog "with one eye open and one ear missing." Randall admits that Ashberry is "not handsome."

Trivia

He is presumably named after John Ashbery, an American poet and art critic.

Appearances

Books
A Series of Unfortunate Events (Books)
1. The Bad Beginning (1999):	Absent	7. The Vile Village (2001):	Absent
2. The Reptile Room (1999):	Absent	8. The Hostile Hospital (2001):	Absent
3. The Wide Window (2000):	Absent	9. The Carnivorous Carnival (2002):	Absent
4. The Miserable Mill (2000):	Absent	10. The Slippery Slope (2003):	Absent
5. The Austere Academy (2000):	Absent	11. The Grim Grotto (2004):	Absent
6. The Ersatz Elevator (2001):	Absent	12. The Penultimate Peril (2005):	Absent
13. The End (2006):		Absent
All the Wrong Questions
Who Could That Be at This Hour? (2012):	Absent	Shouldn't You Be in School? (2014):	Absent
When Did You See Her Last? (2013):	Absent	Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? (2015):	Absent
File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (2014):		Debut
Snicketverse
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (2002):		Absent
The Dismal Dinner (2004):		Absent
The Beatrice Letters (2006):		Absent
29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy (2014):		Absent
The Hero of the Story (2017):		Absent
Poison for Breakfast (2021):		Absent
Other Snicket Books
The Baby in the Manger (2002):		Absent
The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming (2007):		Absent
The Lump of Coal (2008):		Absent
The Composer Is Dead (2009):		Absent
13 Words (2010):		Absent
The Dark (2013):		Absent
Goldfish Ghost (2017):		Absent

Ashberry

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