

Tom and Lily liked to play together. They were creative and made many things with paper, glue and pencils. One day, they decided to make a pretend cake with their pencils. They took a big sheet of paper and drew a circle. Then they colored it with brown and yellow pencils. They added some dots for cherries and some lines for candles.
"Look, we made a cake!" Lily said. "Let's cook it in the oven!"
Tom agreed. He took the paper cake and put it in the oven. He turned the knob to make it hot. He did not know that the oven was real and not pretend.
Soon, they smelled something bad. Smoke came out of the oven. The paper cake was on fire!
"Help! Help!" Tom and Lily cried. "Our cake is burning!"
Mom and Dad heard them and ran to the kitchen. They saw the fire and the smoke. They were very angry and scared.
"What did you do?" Mom shouted. "You could have burned the house down!"
She grabbed a wet towel and opened the oven. She put out the fire and threw the paper cake in the trash.
Dad turned off the oven and checked if Tom and Lily were hurt. They were not hurt, but they were very sad and sorry.
"You were very naughty and foolish!" Dad said. "You should never play with the oven or put anything in it. It is very dangerous!"
He took away their pencils and paper. He sent them to their room without any dessert.
Tom and Lily cried in their room. They wished they had not cooked their paper cake. They wished they had played something else. They learned a hard lesson.
