Bonfire Night by М. Durward

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Bonfire night is on the fifth of November. It is a very Interesting night for English buys and girls. On that evening they make bonfires and have fireworks. Some days before bonfire night they make the guy. They make him of sticks and straw and then put men’s old clothes on him. They put an old hat on his head and old gloves on the sticks that are his hands. When the bonfire is ready, children, or their parents, put the guy on the bonfire and then light it.

Part I

Tom and Kate ran out of school. "It is bonfire night,” said Tom. "Come on home as quickly as you can.” The brother and sister ran to the bus stop. Soon a bus came along the road. It stopped at the bus stop. Tom and Kate got on the bus. "We’ll soon be home now", said Kate, as the bus went off down the road.

The bus stopped not far from their house. Tom and Kate got off the bus and ran home. They ran into the house.

Mother was at the table. “Is tea ready?” asked Tom. "It will be ready soon,” said Mother.

When tea was over, Tom went to look at their guy. The guy was big and fat.

“We’ll put the guy on the bonfire when Father comes home,” said Tom.

“He will be home soon,” said Mother.

Part II

“Put your coats on, the wind is very cold", said Mother.

Tom and Kate put on their coats and went out to look for Father. They went down the road to the bus stop. Soon the bus came and Father got off. “Here he is”, said Kate.

“Have you bought the fireworks?” asked Tom.

“Yes, here they are,” said Father.

They all went into the house to get the guy. They took the guy into the garden. Father put him on the bonfire. Then he lit the fire.

“Can we have the fireworks now?” asked Tom.

“Yes,” said Father.

He took the fireworks out of the boxes and lit two of them. Soon the garden was bright with lights. The wind blew and blew.

“Look! My hat!” said Father as the wind blew his hat into the bonfire.

“It looks so funny!” said Tom.

“It is not very funny,” said Father, “now I must buy a new hat.”

Then Tom ran up to Father.

“Look! Look! The shed is on fire.”

Father ran over to the shed.

“We must find help,” said Father.

So Mother ran off to call the fire-brigade. Tom and Kate ran into the house with Father. They got buckets of water to put out the fire.

“Hurry up, Tom,” said Father. “The fire is growing.”

Part III

They brought more water in the buckets, hut the wind blew and blew. The wind blew the fire over the house.

“Hurry, hurry,” said Father, “we must slop the fire. The fire-brigade will come soon.”

Mother came back. “The fire-brigade will be here soon", she said.

Tom stopped and listened. “The fire brigade is coming", he said.

He ran out to meet them. The firemen jumped down. With hoses in their hands they ran to the shed.

“We are in time", said one of the firemen.

“The fire is not very big, but the house is on fire now,” said another man.

The firemen turned their hoses on the house and soon the fire was out. Then they went to look at the bonfire.

“The bonfire is out too," said a fireman. Father went up to the firemen. “Thank you very much for your help,” he said.

“Good that we were in time," said the firemen and then they went back up the street.