Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk.That left me in a mess.I usually managed to find some trouble to get into.Once I had a little fire going in the dirt basement of a hotel.I had tried to light a barrel(桶) of paint but couldn’t really get a good fire going.The smoke got pretty bad，though，and when I made my exit，a crowd and the police were there to greet me.The policemen took my matches and drove me home. Mom and Dad were occupied in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me，and they did！I had a tour of the prison before Mom rescued me.I hadn’t turned 5 yet.