“Fire! Fire！” What terrible words to hear when I __1__ in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, __2__ house — the sort that burns easily — and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, __3__ the door and stepped out into the passage. It was full of __4__.
I began to __5__， but as I was still only half awake, __6__ going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I found it hard to __7__. The floor became __8__ under my feet. I ran into another room and tried to reach the __9__ for fresh air. Suddenly, one of my feet got caught in something __10__ and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a package of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my __11__ from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor __12__ under me and I fell through to the floor below with pieces of __13__ wood all around me.
__14__， there was a doorway in front, so I put the package over my face and ran. My feet were terribly burned, but I __15__. As I reached the cold air outside, my package of clothes gave a __16__. I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I saw there were many people in the street. A woman screamed (尖叫) as she saw me and came running __17__.
“My baby! My baby！” she cried. Those people cheered loudly __18__ she took the smokeblackened package out of my arms. I almost __19__ to see who she was — my boss's wife. I had __20__ her baby, and become a hero!
