“Children Fiction Books” tells the fiction of how Jenny burns her thumb and how a burnt child dreads the fire. Children are fascinated with fire and this fiction tells how Jenny’s adventure with fire makes her very cautious and dreading it. This is a reality story in “Children’s Fiction Book”.
Jenny was excited at the idea of lighting up candles for their Halloween dinner. Mother had a large hollowed out pumpkin for the dinner table decorative centerpiece. It was their jack-o-lantern. She bought the short candles in metal containers to place in the center of the pumpkin.
During the days leading to Halloween, Mother lit one candle every night and placed it in the jack-o-lantern. Jenny and Jimmy enjoyed watching the hungry flames flickering and trying to lick the jack-o-lantern. Of course, the flame could barely move close enough to reach the internal walls of the hollowed out pumpkin. It was fascinating for the kids to watch. Sometimes, a gust of wind would blow through the carved openings of the jack-o-lantern but the candle remained burning in the cosy hollow of the jack-o-lantern.
It was the night before Halloween, when Jenny sat at her usual place at the table, before the Great Big Pumpkin. Jenny loved watching the candle fame within the jack-o-lantern. Mom was busy in the kitchen, cooking pie fillings for the pumpkin pie crust.
Jenny was curious about the flickering flame. What if the tongue of flame could lick at the pumpkin, would the jack-o-lantern catch fire? Would the pumpkin burn? What would be the smell of burning pumpkin? Would it smell like baked potatoes? Jenny looked at a small pile of pumpkin shavings that was used to decorate the base of the jack-o-lantern. Her eyes glittered mischievously. Jenny took a piece of shaving and fed it the flame in the jack-o-lantern.
The dried pumpkin skin burned slowly as it was still damp. Jenny watched with interest as the flame slowly consumed the strip and slowly inched its way towards her hand.
Jenny panicked. She dropped the strip of pumpkin shaving onto the table. The sudden rush of air when Jenny dropped the strip fed the flame with more oxygen. Jenny tried to pick up the shaving to toss it into the jack-o-lantern. The fire had already nearly eaten up the strip and when Jenny handled it, her thumb and index finger were burned.
“Ooow!” Jenny cried in pain.
Mother rushed out of the kitchen. “What’s the matter?” Then she saw Jenny’s hand and the burning strip of pumpkin shaving on the table. Mother quickly snatched the flower vase on the table and poured water over the burning piece of dead vegetable.
“Are you all right?” Mother asked Jenny.
“Yes, except that my thumb hurts,” Jenny was still in tears.
Mother peered closely at Jenny’s thumb. “You’ve got a small burn on your thumb. I’ll apply some antiseptic cream over it.” Mother went to the first aid box and took out a tube of ointment. She smeared some cooling antiseptic cream over the angry red spot on Jenny’s thumb.
Jenny never forgot the pain of her burned thumb. In the following days, she never played with fire. Jenny, the burnt child, dreads the fire. A burned child dreads the fire. Jenny lost her interest looking at the jack-o-lantern. Once burned, twice shy. Jenny learned her lesson and dreaded the thought of being burned again.
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