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A Tragic Accident

“It is a hot summer day, a great day to be outside

in the sun,” I said to my younger siblings.

Liam and Lisa really enjoyed eating marshmallows

and they really wanted some s’mores. So, we

decided to gather some sticks, stones and some
dry leaves and make a fire. Mom always said,

“Don’t play around with the matches, for they are

very dangerous,” but we really wanted some

s’mores to eat. I dashed inside to get the matches

from the kitchen, which were in the top left
cupboard and came outside and lit a fire so we

could have our s’mores.

When we were all done, we sat around the fire

and enjoyed our delicious s’mores, chatting and

laughing all the while. As we were finishing up,
we heard our parents’ car pulling up in the

driveway. We didn’t realize that time had flown

by so quickly. We should have been finished, put

out the fire and back inside before they came. We

were so scared, that we panicked for a while

wondering what to do. We jumped up and ran

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