英语灵异故事-Burning Down the House(烧毁房子) 05（在线收听）

Her and her family was sleeping peacefully when her mother smelled smoke. She woke up and got her robe on so she could have a look around. When she opened her bedroom door she saw smoke pouring out of the small office. This room is situated directly across the hall from her room. She immediately turned and woke her husband up and rushed to Michelle's room that was situated at the end of the hall. Her room faced the stairwell so when they were all together they ran down the stairs and out the front door. They ran to the neighbor's house and called for the firemen. The firemen came but were unable to save the bulk of the house. They have since rebuilt on the same property.

　　They were to find out later what the cause of the fire was. This is the part I hate talking about. Because the cause of the fire was unknown. They never did find out what it was from. They did however find out where it started. You guessed it, in the closet where the Ouija board was found and always kept with the other games family liked to play. The only problem was that the Ouija board was hardly even singed in the fire. The firemen found it among all the ashes in the worst part of the house. Michelle and her mother took the board to the garbage dump and left it there. They have never seen it since. Now that I look back on the situation Kelly and I were probably used to warn Michelle and her family about the fire. I wish we would have known then what was going to happen. I'm just glad no one got hurt.

当时，她和家人睡得正香，她妈妈忽然闻到了烟味。她妈妈醒了过来，穿上睡袍，出去查看。打开卧室门后，她看到烟从那间小办公室里涌了出来。那个房间在她卧室的正对面，中间隔着走廊。她马上回去，叫醒了她的丈夫，迅速跑向Michelle的房间。Michelle的房间在走廊的尽头，正冲着楼梯，所以一家人都出来后，他们就跑下楼梯，跑出大门。他们跑到邻居家中，报了火警。消防队赶来了，但是房子大部分已经损坏了。之后，他们开始在那块土地上重建房子。

　　后来，他们开始调查火灾的起因。我不想提起这件事情，因为火灾的起因没有找到。他们没有发现火灾因何而起，但是好歹发现了火是从什么地方蔓延出来的。你猜对了！就是从发现占卜板的那个壁橱里开始的，占卜板一直放在那里，此外壁橱里还存放着Michelle一家人喜欢玩的其他玩具。唯一让人困惑的是，那个占卜板一点也没有被烧坏。消防人员在损坏得最厉害的地方发现了它，它被埋在一堆灰烬里。Michelle和她妈妈把那块占卜板扔到了垃圾堆里，之后再也没有见到过它。现在回想起来，占卜板可能想让我和Kelly警告Michelle和她的家人那场火灾。我多么希望我们当时知道会发生什么事情。所幸没有人受伤，我对此感到庆幸。