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VISITORS

All the things in our house that we can't bear to  , but which have no current use, are kept in the spare bedroom. Every spring I plan to    the room so that when visitors from faraway places arrive home unexpectedly I can offer to    them    for the night.

But I never seem to    it. It doesn't seem to matter; we still have a lot of visitors. We    my parents    nearly every Sunday; friends and neighbours often    at any hour of the day and night, and all the cats in the neighbourhood    our garden on their way to explore the rubbish dump at the end of the street.

Can anyone    a system for making sure there is always enough food and drink in the house to refresh our guests?

HOME IS NOT A SAFE PLACE

If you don't take the proper precautions you can have a nasty experience. For example, a small accident with a chip pan can    a major fire.

Fire also often    as a result of smoking in bed. Stories of people who have been unable to    of their burning homes, because they were    by smoke, should be enough to    every sensible person    the idea of smoking in bed.

A wise investment is a small home fire extinguisher. They don't cost much money or    much space but they can    small fires quickly and cleanly.