Stanley is later accused of taking Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds and ends up in the Warden's cabin. He gets her makeup case from another room, and, as fate would have it, it is just like his mother's. Unbeknownst to Stanley, the Warden bears a close resemblance to Trout Walker's wife. (Trout walker and his wife went to the cabin the Warden is living in, years ago, intending to torture Kissin' Kate Barlow — who was living in the cabin — until she told him where she'd buried her "treasure.")
It is fate that brings Stanley and Zero (whose name is Hector Zeroni) to the base of the mountain that looks like a fist and a thumb. Because Zero is too sick to climb the mountain, Stanley carries him to the top. Once there, Stanley finds water and sings the lullaby that had been in his family for several generations — the same lullaby that his great-great-grandfather was supposed to have sung to Madame Zeroni after carrying her to the top of the mountain in Latvia.
Stanley and Zero return to Camp Green Lake and find the buried "treasure" — an old suitcase — and again, fate steps in. The suitcase has the name "Stanley Yelnats" on it, so he gets to keep it, and the yellow-spotted lizards won't bite them because they have been eating onions and yellow-spotted lizards don't like "onion blood."
Fate intervenes when Stanley's lawyer, Ms. Morengo, arrives at Camp Green Lake at the perfect moment. Stanley is innocent and, because the Warden destroyed Zero's files, he can leave also. Stanley has reached his destiny. He fulfilled his great-great-grandfather's promise to Madame Zeroni and the family believes the curse has been lifted.
