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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I set our field on FireI was 4 years old, it was August, and we were experiencing a drought. My big sister suggested we go hide in the tall grass so our mom wouldn't see us playing with matches. My sister showed me how to light a match on a rock, them stamp out the fire. So, I lit my match, dropped it on the ground, and only then realised that I wasn't wearing any shoes. Obviously, I wasn't going to stamp on a live match with a bare foot. Within minutes the entire field was on fire.
I was afraid of getting a spanking, so I ran away and hid. By the time the volunteer fire department arrived, 5 acres had burned, and no one could find me...they all thought I'd burned up in the fire.
(, Fri 4 Nov 2005, 22:35, Reply)
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