One night, long ago, I was alone at home. While I was doing my homework all of a sudden the lights went out. I got frightened. I had to think fast; so I thought of going to the kitchen to look for a candle when I heard a noise upstairs. What was that, a burglar? I gathered my strengths and decided to go and see what was happening there. I remembered my father always putting his torch in the closet beside the stairs, so I jumped to the torch and stealthily started to climb up. The noise grew louder and closer. I got so terrified that my feet couldn't lift me any more; still I crawled until I got to the top of the stairs ......
