The Fire by Aunt Wilda

One night the woods next to the house was on fire? The dogs were barking, and it woke me up. I saw flickering light in my room and I got up and looked out the window and the woods was on fire. I yelled for everyone to get up,there was a fire. We all got up and jumped into our clothes and Grandmom was grabbing anything that would hold water and told us to get water out of the canal and throw it onto the house. Someone that lived near by called the Fire Co; but while they were working on the wood fire, we kept throwing the water on the house. It was coming closer and closer to the house,but they finally got it under control. They told us later that because of our hard work, we saved the house. I remember that I didn't sleep the rest of the night. For many years I had to check everything that could cause fire before I went to bed. If a car went by the house and the headlights cast a light, I would get up to check for fire. I finally got over that,but it took a long time.