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Date Posted: 15:18:05 06/22/01 Fri
In reply to:
GC
's message, "Mom, there's a fire in the basement" on 05:50:43 06/22/01 Fri
Just remove the references to children and housecleaning!
>Wrote another true story today.....hope you like it.
>
>Titled:
>*****Mom there's a Fire in the basement*****
>
>To make a bit of extra money, I started cleaning
>houses, and on occasion, would take the boys with me.
>
>This worked out well, most times they would stay close
>as if they were home, playing with their toys.
>
>By the time they were 3 & 4 the quiet play, was out of
>the question. So they went to a sitter for the few
>hours I worked.
>
>One particular day I couldn't line up the sitter, and
>since it was just one house, I took them with me.
>
>What was I thinking.
>
>Every wall was painted white. And quiet play was no
>longer an option, so I kept them busy running errands
>for me while I cleaned.
>
>All those nice errands resulted in little handprints
>all the way up and down the hallway.
>
>So I sent them & their toys down into the basement.
>
>Now, our own home didn't have a basement, so this was
>unexplored wide open space to play without anymore
>handprints.
>
>Yes!! I was Just finishing up the last bit of cleaning
>fingerprints when.....
>
>"MOM!!!" The tone was NOT the tone any Mom wants to
>hear. Something was terribly wrong!!
>
>They made it up the stairs, before I could get down
>them. Both terrified, both out of breath.
>
>"There's a fire in the basement!!"
>
>They are pulling me downstairs, both seem unharmed. No
>scratches, bruises, and no burns. I'm very worried.
>
>I get down to the basement, don't smell smoke, don't
>see any fire. "Where is this fire?"
>
>They are both pulling me now, terribly afraid the
>house will burn down.
>
>"it's on the other side of that!" Says my oldest.
>
>As I walk around the furnace, I say "Where?"
>
>He is pulling toward, while my youngest has an iron
>grip that won't let go & holds me back.
>
>Just then, the furnace kicks on.
>
>"There!! There it is!!!"
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