

Tom and Lily were playing in the kitchen. They liked to pretend they were chefs and make food with the pots and pans. They also liked to open and close the cabinet doors and see what was inside.
One day, they found a big jar of yellow powder in one of the cabinets. They did not know what it was, but it looked like sand. They decided to use it for their food. They poured some of it into a bowl and mixed it with water. Then they tasted it.
"Yuck!" Tom spat out the yellow paste. "This is bitter! It is not good for food!"
"Let me try!" Lily said. She took a spoonful of the paste and put it in her mouth. She made a face and spit it out too. "You are right, Tom. This is bitter and yucky!"
They did not want to play with the yellow powder anymore. They wanted to get rid of it. They looked around the kitchen and saw the trash can. They thought that was a good place to put the yellow powder. They carried the bowl to the trash can and dumped the paste inside.
But they did not see that the trash can was full of paper and cardboard. The yellow powder was not sand. It was fire powder. It made a big boom and a big fire. The fire spread to the paper and the cardboard and the trash can. It also spread to the cabinet and the wall and the curtains.
"Help! Help!" Tom and Lily screamed. "Fire! Fire!"
Mom and Dad heard their screams and ran to the kitchen. They saw the fire and grabbed the fire extinguisher. They sprayed the fire with the white foam and put it out. They were very angry and scared.
"Tom! Lily! What did you do?" Mom shouted. "You could have burned the house down! You could have hurt yourselves!"
"We are sorry, Mom!" Tom and Lily cried. "We did not know it was fire powder! We thought it was sand! We wanted to make food!"
Mom and Dad hugged them and checked them for injuries. They were glad they were not hurt. But they were also very sad. The fire had destroyed the cabinet and the wall and the curtains. They had to call the firemen and the repairmen to fix the damage.
They also had to explain to Tom and Lily what fire powder was and why it was dangerous. They told them to never play with things they did not know and to always ask before they touched anything. They also told them to never taste anything that was not food.
Tom and Lily learned their lesson. They said they were sorry again and again. They also helped Mom and Dad clean up the mess. They never played with fire powder again. They only played with safe things. And they always asked before they opened any cabinet.
