Rules in Case of Fire Lee Anne Gallaway-Mitchell
We were warned about the dangers and the causes, but you left the fire unattended and we went inside, where we talked of pioneers in their wagons, calling it a night, hoping their smoke did not reveal their position to bandits. Did we then, as now, attempt to leave no trace, take nothing? We all have left more than our ashes. If fire gets in your clothing, don’t hightail it downstairs or out of doors. Don’t get excited. Keep your head down. To relieve the pain of burns: cold water, egg whites, castor oil—a cure-all of our ancestors, those pioneers, who left everything behind, even their stoves hot, coals aglow, all oxygen and fuel with nothing left to feed it.
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