The toaster incident

Everyone has childhood experiences which are funny and worth remembering. Just like many of you, I too used to be a naughty child. So, I also have some funny childhood incidents. But there's one incident that stands out the most. Let me tell you about it.

My parents had to attend someone's wedding reception, one fine evening and my little brother and I were to stay at home. This basically meant party for us. We loved to make our special toast whenever mom and dad left us at home. For this, we would first toast a bread and apply ketchup on top. Then we would grate cheese slices on top of that bread and top it up with salt, black pepper and oregano, afterwards. This would then be placed in the microwave for the cheese to melt. This would result into this perfect little dish. It actually used to tasty. You all should also give it a try some day.

Now, let me tell you what happened that day. After mom and dad left, we went to kitchen and arranged all the required ingredients. We switched on the television and poured Apple juice into wine glasses. My brother was checking out what can be watched on the TV and found out that "Finding Nemo" was being played on "POGO".The scene was all set. We put in the bread and switched on the toaster. Then we went to the room, carrying our wine glasses, to watch the movie in the meantime. And we were enjoying the movie so much that we forgot about the toaster. I think you might have guessed what happened then.After about half an hour, we started smelling fire and it was only then that we realised what blunder we had made. We ran to the kitchen and it was a scary sight of the toaster on fire. We panicked but being an elder sister, I was like," You wait here! I'll put this off. Don't worry!" It's amazing how just having said those words, ideas started popping up in my head. I brought a broom to switch off the toaster. Then, I brought a tong and pulled out the bread which was on fire and threw it on the floor. My brother poured water over it and the fire was out soon.

It was only then that we realised how the whole house was filled with these grey clouds because of the fire. Mom and dad were about to be back soon. Thankfully, they came back after an hour. At that moment, the question was how will we get rid of all that smoke ? For this, we opened all the doors and windows of the house apart from turning all the fans, exhaust fans and chimney on. I know turning on the fans was a bad decision but we were just kids. None of this freaked us as much as the thought of how badly we'll be scolded when our parents return. 

By the time they arrived, the smoke was clear. Our hearts were racing so fast that I can't even put it into words. My mom stepped in and said," What did you burn today ?" Both of us were shocked and looked at each other, confused about how we should answer that. Without any delay, we just told them about it and how the fire from the toaster had reached the cupboard above it. As shocking as their reaction was, they started laughing instead of scolding us. What a relief it was ! This was my funny story. Dive into your memories and try to think about yours !