Chapter 28 - Craptacular

A can of peanuts caught on fire due to the large quantity of gasoline poured on it by a boy that was only12 years of age. He stood back when he flipped the lit match toward the can as he expected the fire to flame up. The gasoline on the surface of the can of peanuts was burning quite hot and the paper label and plastic cover were both incinerated quickly.
The smell of burning plastic filled the air, but there was a faint odor of peanut too. The boy picked up a garden hose and twisted the nozzle open. He doused the fire out and went to look at the can. Inside the can was a mass of black with bits of brown. The experiment seemed to be a failure. The plastic lid was the mistake. He figured he should have left it off and replaced it with tin foil or something that could withstand the heat. After a while of poking at the charred mass, he buried his failed experiment in the yard. He put the gasoline back in the shed and then went back inside the house to see what else he could find that might relieve his boredom.
He went upstairs to a room that had two closets. The closet on the left had clothes on hangars and shoe boxes and smelled of moth balls. The closet on the right had boxes of board games and toys for younger children and a large wood bat. He selected two items, the wood bat and a metal toy truck. He went outside to the yard again and set the metal toy truck up on a tree stump.