THE CARPENTER

Woody was his nic-name because he was a carpenter who bodged up some of his D.I.Y jobs. He made his daughter a dolls cot but it fell to bits also a chest of drawers the knobs fell of and drawers wouldn't fit. It was a blustering wind out the hats blowing of people's heads icecream dropping on the ground, books and papers fluttering. Children trying to button up their coats. Woody took his tools with him and a saw and went into the hall adjoining the music room and set up his tressle and planes, put on the electric saw plus a low fire to keep warm he clean forgot to dry his hands well there was a sudden flash bang wollop and a fire had broken out everybody had to come out of the music room where they all were practising and the cast all shaking,broken glass everywhere clothes some torn to pieces by the explosion the fire engine called out in time woody was so sorry what a stupid thing to do he thought and helped to clear it up . Woody went home drove slowly but not thinking straight as he had given a beautiful lady from the cast a lift back home near him.suddenly as he pulled up in his car all the lights sparkling extra brightly in the house funny I thought I switched them all of before I left late to-day he thought! when he put the key in the lock could smell smoke Woody climbed the stairs to the bath room opened the door Oh! - no he screamed the curtains were well alight he had left a plug in the socket that had fused caused another fire! again he had to call fire engine out they were not to pleased! at all
woody said "I tried dowsing with water" "no good
the fireman said "this is the last time we are coming to your house you must do something about your absent mindedness" "but I had had bad news!Woody" said sorry!. So Woody the lesson he learnt was he must go back to night school and learn the basics again to be a proficient carpenter. "Thank goodness my house is left standing"he said "I'm so lucky to be alive".