Kitchen

Hello everyone! Marcus here. I’d like to tell you about what happened on Tuesday night. So, we have an inverter (a machine that gives us electricity when the powers out) that came with our house when we agreed to rent it. It’s very useful, except for when the batteries are dead. They’re supposed to charge up when we have electricity, but ours seem to have gone bad. And the thing is, they’re extremely expensive, and we don’t have the money to buy new ones right now. So I’d like to tell you about the time when the power went out for 8 hours. Ready? Here we go!

So, our parents went to a dinner with the Pastor and his wife of a nearby church. Well, none of us kids wanted to go, so we just stayed here. I think they left around 5:00, and they weren’t gonna be back until like 9:00. So, we had 4 hours alone. We expected the power to come back on soon, because it had been out since 1:00. But it didn’t, so we sat and waited. And nothing happened. We talked, and waited, and talked some more. Around 7:00 it started to get dark. So we grabbed flashlights and sat on the couch. We made shadow puppets with our hands, and then Isaac stood up and acted out the story of Adam and Eve. Then Ellah acted out a story, and during her story something strange happened. We heard a big loud “Beep!” Well, we only hear beeps from the microwave and water cooler when the power comes back on. The microwave beeps once, and the water cooler, three times. Well, there was only one beep, so it was definitely the microwave. But none of the fans or lights came on, so we didn’t think much of it. Then Madelyn told a story, then me, then Alec. But during Alec’s story, we heard another “Beep!” Well, this time we decided to investigate. We walked into the kitchen, and there was three green glowing zeros coming from the microwave. The entire house was completely dark, except for the microwave. Turns out, the refrigerator, the water, and the kitchen lights all worked. So we sat in the kitchen, and Alec plugged his dead phone into an outlet. Our Mom called, and we told her what was happening. She asked my Dad, but he couldn’t seem to figure it out. So Alec grabbed Little House on the Prairie, and read it aloud for about a half hour. Well, our parents got home, and my Dad figured out the problem, and all was well.

Well, that’s gonna have to it for this blog. Thank you all so much for reading, and God bless your day!