FIRE, FIRE!

                                                              

 

                                                                                                                          

Chapter one

When George and Jennifer were four years old they were the best of "buddies".  Living next door to each, they were able to play together almost every day. 

 One hot sweltering summer afternoon, George and Jennifer asked if they could turn on the sprinkler and run through it.  Jennifer's mother said they could, but only if they put on their bathing suits and left the GARDEN HOSE  alone. But, first they had to finish their lunch. The mothers decided to set aside their daily chores in the afternoon and come outside to enjoy the children. But  they never expected what was going to happen.

The mothers were busy in conversation having a tea time on Jennifer's front porch, while the children laughed and ran through the sprinkler getting thoroughly soaked.

Since it was a hot afternoon, the mothers never noticed the children carrying the hose around to the back of the house.  Tucker, Jennifer's younger brother, was down for his afternoon nap and his bedroom window was opened. George and Jennifer took the garden hose and lifted it up through the bedroom window and turned on the water. What were they thinking?

A  scream came out of the house like you have never heard.  Poor little Tucker was totally drenched along with all his bedding. The scream alerted the two mothers  Jennifer's mother ran into the house, only to find the garden hose pouring water into the baby's crib. 

"Turn that water off now," yelled Jennifer's mother. "What do you children think you are doing?"

George and Jennifer quickly dropped the hose and ran into the garage.  They knew that they were in big trouble. They hid themselves in the back seat of the car under a blanket. They thought no one would see them there.   George's mother saw the children running to the garage and followed them .  She looked into the back seat and pulled the blanket off the two little mischiefs.

"George and Jennifer, you come out of there right now? George you go home immediately and Jennifer  your mother is looking for you."

The little children were so afraid of what was going to happen when their daddies came home that night.

What do you think happened?  If you think they were sent to bed early without a story, you were right.  Besides an early bedtime, the children were not able to play together for a whole week.

Who do you think they were pretending to be when they were playing with the hose?  You guessed it. FIREMEN.  I hope you would never do a thing like that.