It was a large, old wooden house and my room was on the top floor．As I heard the terrible words“Fire!Help!”in the middle of the night, I 1 out of bed, opened the door and began to 2 ．As I was still only half awake, instead of running to the 3 ．I went in the wrong way without my shoes．The 4 grew thicker and I could see flames(火焰)all around．The floor became hot under my feet．I 5 a room to get to the window．But 6 I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something 7 and I fell down．The thing I had fallen over 8 like a bundle(包裹)of clothes, and I 9 it up to keep my face safe from the smoke and heat．Just then the floor fell in 10 me and I suddenly fell to the 11 below with pieces of burning wood all around me．
I saw a burning doorway in front．My feet was 12 terribly, but I got through．As I reached the cold 13 outside, the bundle of clothes gave a light 14 ．I nearly dropped it in my surprise．Then I saw a woman running towards me for the bundle of clothes, crying, sad and frightened．The people around were all very 15 as she took the bundle out of my arms．She was Mrs Ball and I saved her baby．
Peggy Cardona parked her blue Nissan at a supermarket one day in February 1997．“I’ll come and open the door for you,” she told her four-year-old grandson, Ryan Eshleman, in the back seat．
Before Cardona could even 1 her door, the car moved ahead．“Nana, the car is 2 !”Ryan cried．Cardona jumped into the driver’s seat and reached for the handbrake(手闸)，her left leg stepping outside, trying to stop the car．She couldn’t find the brake, and she 3 the car as it moved down the steep slope(陡坡)toward a pond 20 feet away． 4 Ryan cried “Nana!” as the car fell into the pond and the water began pouring in．
“Help!” Cardona cried as the car moved 5 the bank．“My grandson is inside!”
A supermarket clerk, Clint Fountain, 24, jumped down the slope and dived into the cold water．
Reaching the car, Fountain saw Ryan’s terrified face just inches(英寸) 6 the water．“Unlock the door!” Fountain shouted．The boy’s fingers fumbled(未触到)with the lock．
Fountain hit on the back 7 , but the glass wouldn’t break．Another man Dick McClung dived in and handed him a hammer(锤子)．Grabbing it, Fountain told the boy to move aside, and broke the glass．His hands went 8 the broken window in the black water and pulled the boy 9 ．At that moment the last flash of the blue car 10 under the water．