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| Kirsten - 3rd Grade |
“Good night. I’ll see you on Wednesday.”
After Noelle left the room, she
mentally went over her list of the things to do before Mr. and Mrs. Simonson arrived home. I’ll start with the dishes,
she thought. After she scoured the
house, she sat down to relax and pulled out the newspaper comics she had been
waiting to read all day. However, she didn’t notice the flickering candle on
the kitchen table Mrs. Simonson must have lit before she left.
All of the sudden she heard a
crackling noise and her hand felt very hot.
Looking up, she saw to her surprise that Family Circus was on fire! She
immediately dropped the newspaper. “Oh
no!” Noelle rapidly ran into the other
room looking for a blanket to smother the flames. The beeping fire alarm went off as she
finally found a blanket. She ran into the kitchen and flung the blue baby
blanket on top of the flames and waited as they died out. The fire alarm sound disappeared. She could hear faint sobbing from behind
her. Turning around, Noelle saw Maria
and Jackson huddling together. Their eyes were as big as saucers. They had seen
the whole thing.
“What was that loud noise?” Maria cried. Noelle ran and hugged them.
“It was just the fire alarm.
It’s all done. You are going to be OK. Come here and I will hold you.” Noelle
was just as terrified as the children and was happy that they were all
safe. As she looked over at the ashes on
the ground, she noticed amazingly nothing was damaged. That
babysitting blunder could have turned out much worse, she thought.
Short Story
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