Peter was a small boy. He lived with his parents in a small house near some hills. The people there were all poor.

One night it was very dry and windy. When everybody was asleep, Peter suddenly heard some noise. It came out from the kitchen (厨房). He got up and walked to the kitchen. He found that the wood beside the stove (火炉) was burning. There was no water tap (水龙头) in the house, so he could not put out (扑灭) the fire. He shouted loudly to wake up everyone in the house. Then all left their houses quickly.

At last the fire was put out by the firemen. Many houses were burnt. But nobody was hurt in the fire.