They started hollering Jesus Christ.

One fireman hollered holy shit!

The driver was pretty nervous.

It was his first run.

He didn’t set the brake.

The nozzlemen pulled the hose.

They were ready for water.

They were holding it tight.

The driver engaged the pump.

This disengaged the rear wheels.

Nozzlemen were screaming for water.

The hose was pulled away.

The truck was rolling backwards.

The firemen were chasing it.

They were really yelling loud.

It rolled into a ditch.

It was a deep ditch.

It was really a canal.

The canal held deep water.

The truck was pointing up.

The motor had already quit.

They couldn’t pump any water.

The hoses wouldn’t work now.

The Mustang driver got smaller.

The kid took it in.

He looked for the brick.

It was under the Mustang.

He tried to get it.

He thought about his fingerprints.

But he didn’t have any.

So he let it go.

The firemen were screaming loud.

One had sense and radioed.

A crowd of spectators gathered.

A van with newsmen arrived.

There was an anchorman inside.

They started setting up cameras.

The announcer straightened his tie.

The Mustang was solid black.

The fire department came running.

They carried some powdered extinguishers.

They weighed almost twenty pounds.

They started mashing the handles.

White clouds of chemicals rolled.

Fire flashed here and there.

People coughed and almost gagged.

The gas tank kept burning.

They couldn’t put it out.

They ran out of powder.

It was only baking soda.

Most people don’t know that.

Firemen make money servicing them.

These had steak suppers sometimes.

They played bingo and drank.

Once they had a party.

Some of them got drunk.

Then they had a run.

Their food was barbecued goat.

But the goat burned up.

So did the Mustang driver.

The other truck came then.

A captain of firemen arrived.

He issued orders and radioed.

They stretched lines and attacked.

Only one tire was burning.

Bystanders muttered about their incompetence.

The firemen were pretty embarrassed.

An ambulance pulled up next.

The firemen acted very important.

They bullied the ambulance attendants.

They pried open the door.

One joked about Crispy Critters.

This is a breakfast cereal.

The captain’s face turned red.

He began questioning some witnesses.

The kid sidled off unobtrusively.

His Spam was still waiting.

He went to the dog.

The dog was getting stiff.

He picked up one leg.

It stayed up like that.

He looked at the car.

A wrecker was driving up.

He’d never seen a wrecker.

He stuck around to watch.

The anchorman made eyewitness reports.

Several people were interrogated live.

They rushed home to brag.

They were almost real celebrities.

They would phone their neighbors.

They would phone their friends.

Neighbors and friends would watch.

The almost-celebrities would celebrate.

The parties would be gay.

The kid would see them.

He would recognize them all.

It would all be over.

Johnny Carson would come on.