"Fire! Fire!" What terrible words to hear when I1in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, 2 house — the sort that burns easily — and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped out into the passage. It was full of 3.
I began to 4, but as I was still only half awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I found it hard to5. The floor became 6under my feet. I ran into another room and tried to reach the window for fresh air. Suddenly, one of my feet got caught in something 7and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a package of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my 8 from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor broke under me and I fell through to the floor below with pieces of 9 wood all around me.
10, there was a doorway in front, so I put the package over my face and ran. My feet were terribly burned, but I 11. As I reached the cold air outside, my package of clothes gave a 12. I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I saw there were many people in the street. A woman screamed (尖叫) as she saw me and came running13.
"My baby! My baby! "she cried. Those people cheered loudly 14 she took the smoke blackened package out of my arms. I almost failed to see who she was — my boss's wife. I had15 her baby, and I became a hero!
