Fire!We were all in my aunt's kitchen at the back of her huge rambling Victorian house. I was only small and had wandered off to go to the loo, but given up after finding the hall full of smoke. "That was quick," my mum said after a few minutes. "Yes - it's all smoky," I replied.
I've never seen adults move so fast.
So, like my cousin who'd managed to set fire to the roof, tell us your fire stories.
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chthonic, Thu 3 Nov 2005, 9:11)
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Blue Peter DisasterOn one episode of Blue Peter they showed how to make a pirate treasure map using teabags to stain the paper.
Well I saw this and being 6 years old couldn't wait to get started! Being an inventive 6 year old I had the idea to add scorch marks to the edges of the paper - by dangling the paper on a piece of string over our coal fire.
This proved to be costly. Once the paper was on fire, I had a problem. The string was fairly thick so I wasn't worried about that, I was worried about the A4 piece of paper burning dangerously!
So what did I do? I dropped it on the carpet, ran to get a jug of water and put it out.
The damage was extensive, the hole in the carpet was fairly big, BUT I could hide it by putting a BOOK on it. I left it and went to bed.
The next morning I found my mother had put a large rug over it and never said a word. My father never saw it. I love my mum!
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TN, Thu 3 Nov 2005, 13:26,
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