Dark Sunshine (2002)
“Dad ran and Sam followed.
Black smoke corkscrewed into the evening sky. There wasn’t much smoke yet. In fact, the yard was bright as noon and popping filled the air.
Sam hesitated in the middle of the yard and stared around. On her left, the horses in the ten-acre pasture ran in a tight, nervous herd. Ahead stood the barn, full of horses and winter’s hay. No smoke. No fire.
She felt relieved, then even more relieved as she saw that Dad was right—black smoke came from the old bunkhouse.
Sam took off after Dad, and her relief ended the instant she came face-to-face with a sheet of orange flame three times taller than the ruined old building it consumed.
A wall of heat stopped her.
“Hose!” Dad shouted, and Sam jumped as he jerked the hose leading to the barn. It stretched behind him as he shot water on the blaze.
At least the old bunkhouse is empty. That’s what Sam thought, until an arm of flame reached toward the barn and sparks peppered the air overhead.
The other hose was by the ten-a...cre pasture.MoreLess
Black smoke corkscrewed into the evening sky. There wasn’t much smoke yet. In fact, the yard was bright as noon and popping filled the air.
Sam hesitated in the middle of the yard and stared around. On her left, the horses in the ten-acre pasture ran in a tight, nervous herd. Ahead stood the barn, full of horses and winter’s hay. No smoke. No fire.
She felt relieved, then even more relieved as she saw that Dad was right—black smoke came from the old bunkhouse.
Sam took off after Dad, and her relief ended the instant she came face-to-face with a sheet of orange flame three times taller than the ruined old building it consumed.
A wall of heat stopped her.
“Hose!” Dad shouted, and Sam jumped as he jerked the hose leading to the barn. It stretched behind him as he shot water on the blaze.
At least the old bunkhouse is empty. That’s what Sam thought, until an arm of flame reached toward the barn and sparks peppered the air overhead.
The other hose was by the ten-a...cre pasture.MoreLess
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