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Four years
ago when I was a boy of 11, I got into the biggest trouble as a kid. It was a
Saturday morning. Both my parents were out, leaving me and my 10 一 month 一 old sister home alone, Anyway, my
sister was still asleep in her room. In fact I had the house to myself. I
decided to do some drawing. Soon I gave up. Nothing was on TV, so I felt bored
and touched the candles on the shelf ... I had an idea! What would happen if I
set fire to some kitchen paper? Well, of course it went on fire, but it wasn't
the tiny flame I'd expected, and I couldn't blow it out. I threw it on the
floor, and then I got my dad's boots (靴子) and stamped
it out.
But there
was a huge hole left on the floor. When my mum came home later, she smelt the
smoke immediately. She dropped the shopping bag, luckily for me, over the hole.
I thought this meant she would never see it. However, after running round the
house checking for a fire, she of course picked up the bag and saw the hole.
Next I was grounded (关禁闭) for months. Even worse though,
the hole was still there, reminding me of what I did.
