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mother ran back to the house. She probably wanted to bring back

the stuff which was dear to her like his father's photographs and

letters. His father had died long ago and she only had those things

to remember him by. He was about to run after her but someone

caught hold of him.

Soon the street was filled with fire trucks and trying to douse the

fire off. They assured him that they will save his mother. They

wrapped a blanket around him .Soon another fireman could be

seen with his mother .She was taken to the car and an oxygen

mask was put on her. It took five hours to control the fire. Suddenly

he observed that the cat was nowhere to be seen. He burst into

tears. They had to spend that night in his grandparents' home.

They had lost everything in fire. Next day, the author went to school

in just the clothes he was wearing at the time of fire and borrowed a

pair of shoes from a neighbour. He had no books and his backpack

was gone. He was not sure what would happen to him and how

would the other school children react to his situation.

While going back home after school, he passed through his old

house and was shocked to see the damage. They had to borrow

money from his grandparents to buy new clothes and his school

books. They rented a house nearby .The author would visit his old

home in the hope that his lost cat would come back someday.

The next day when he went to school, he found his fellow

schoolmates act strangely. They hurriedly took him to the gym
where he could see a large table with all sorts of stuff lying on it.

There were books, clothes, stuff for daily needs, every little thing.