The situation: You were at home watching television when you smelled something burning. You realized that your kitchen was on fire.

1. English Composition for E-Learning
Done by Alan
You were at home watching television when you smelled something burning.
You realized that your kitchen was on fire.
It was a Saturday morning. As I leaned out of the window, I inhaled the fresh air smelling of
wet earth. I looked up and saw the clouds slowly gather together so that they could shower their
cool drops upon us down below. The trees were swaying slowly to the light wind that had picked up.
It felt as if Mother Nature herself was getting ready for her dance in the rain.
Since my mother and father were doing extra shifts and my brother was in a tutioncenter to
improve his Science, I was alone at home. After cooking an omelette, I quickly ran to the sofa to
catch my favourite sitcom. Little did I know anything about what was happening in the kitchen.
After a few minutes, the acrid smell of smoke wafted into my nose, making me cough. I
didn’t take much of notice of that, thinking that it was my neighbours who were playing with
firecrackers to celebrate Christmas.
Ten minutes later, the hair on my neck stood on an end as I could feel heat radiating from the
kitchen. In a split second, I turned around and I froze in my tracks. I was pale with terror and
gasped. The situation suddenly dawned clear to me. The kitchen was on fire! I rushed to the
washroom, brought a big bucket of water and started to douse the fire on the newspapers.But, to
my horror, the fire started spreading, making it impossible to extinguish it. I quickly tried to open the
door but I found out that it was locked. I went into a frenzy and shouted “HELP! HELP!” Luckily, a few
boys who were playing football heard my plea for help and quickly dialled the fire engine.
I felt giddy from inhaling all the poisonous smoke in the air and started coughing, my breath coming
in gasps. I remembered my fire safety training and quickly fell to the ground, contentedly breathing
the fresh air. I could hear the wailing sirens from the fire engine as they arrived. Quickly breaking
through my house door, the fire fighters carried me out of the house. As I turned and looked, I saw
the roof collapse on the exact spot I was standing on a while ago and gulped nervously.
The fire was put out and I realised I had left the stove open. I scolded myself for the carelessness ad
vowed that I would always look after my house.