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180. Jumping Over Fireworks
Nancy Young had always loved celebrating the Fourth
July, the holiday that celebrates America's independence. She
the meaning of the day. She also loved
fireworks. She loved all types of fireworks. Nancy
three brothers, and they all loved the Fourth
July. Nancy's youngest brother Peter loved lighting up
fireworks. Although Nancy's parents didn't have that much
, they decided to buy a lot of fireworks
their children. They wanted their children to have
great Fourth of July. Once they got the
, Nancy decided to split them with her brothers.
got the most, and her brothers got the
.
Nancy's parents decided to go to the park
light the fireworks this year. Peter decided to
the first one. It exploded, and scared Nancy.
decided to light one. It was a sparkler,
meant that it would only send sparks up
the sky, and would not explode. Nancy loved
it looked. She lit another one to see
it would look like. Peter had the idea
jump over the fireworks. Even though Nancy said
, Peter decided to jump over it.
Peter got
. He tied his shoes to make sure his
laces weren't hanging out of his shoes, and
he had enough distance to jump over the
. Peter started running and then jumped. When he
on the other side, he started screaming in
. A spark had gotten into Peter's eye. He
to the ground and started asking for ice.
brought him a bag of ice to cover
eye. During the next day, Peter had to
glasses because of the damage he had suffered
his eye. The doctor asked him, "What's the
lesson here?" Peter responded with, "Don't jump over
."
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