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Yield Not to Temptation

My mother and father burst open the bedroom

door. They moved me out of the way. Then, my

dad went outside to look for the hose and my
mom started filling a pot with water to put out the

fire. My father aimed the hose through the

window and started flooding my bed with even

more water.

I was scared and crying. Finally, they put the fire
out. My bed was ruined. The clothes I had used to

try to put the fire out were completely burned.

After they had finally put out the fire, they made

sure I wasn’t hurt.

My mother said, “Ereacka, I am disappointed in you
because I had warned you not to play with

matches. I hope you understand why I told you not

to play with them. You are lucky that the fire did

not do further damage and that no one was hurt.”

I hung my head in shame. I learned that it really

wasn’t good to yield to temptation.

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