BR2-13 “Fire Ready”

I read this book titled “Fire Ready” This story is divided into four chapters. First, I’ll tell you about Chapter 1 “Saturday” One Saturday, Luca who was a boy put the dry sun burnt leaves in the bin. Then it began to rain. But he liked rainy day because he could sit and look out the window. On day, he was clearing away the breakfast because his mum would be tired. I thought he was so kind. Even after all these months, he suddenly stopped because the announcer said “Fire-fighter warn spot fires at the base of the mountain may spread.” He looked surprised.

As soon as he heard the announcement, he began to ready getting away. At first, he blocked the down pipes with gutter plugs. He was so smart. When his family gathered, they talked about their plan. There were many plans. The week after, his mum put weather stripping on the inside of all the doors and windows. And the week after that, he was there to give her hand when she put leaf guards over the gutters.

When he smelt the smoke, he backed his home. Inside the house, he moved quickly. First, he shut all the doors and windows. Next, he took towels and woolen blankets from the hall cupboard. Finally, with the last of the blankets over him, he got down low on the floor, and waited. The listening to the fire roar outside, he wondered how his mum would cope if she lost him, too. Before the fire-fighter arrived there, he finished wetting down the house.

For days, there was news report after news report, describing how he had saved the cottage and himself while his mum took shelter at the local hall. I thought he was so smart. Then there was Luca’s quote in the paper, too. “Sometimes stuff just happens. There7s nothing you can do to change it, and that’s hard. But when you’re prepared, at least you’re in there with a chance.”

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