A Christmas story of Chillis and Chineese food

Once upon a time...

there was a girl, in a house, beside a christmas tree and a roaring fire. It was evening time and there was snow on the ground in the garden. Unfortunately, the girl was not feeling well that evening and so she had to miss the christmas staff meal at work.The girl was relaxing, feeling a little sorry for herself when suddenly, the phone rang. The girl picked up the phone to her sister who said 'we are going to bring you home some chineese food'. 'REALLY?' asked the girl, 'Oh thank you!'. This girl was particularly fond of chineese food and so was overjoyed to hear this good news.

A little later, when her family arrived home, her sister handed her over a plastic bag containing a little bag full of prawn crackers and a little take-away box full of some chinnese dish....'YUM!' the girl exclaimed. The girl proceeded to take the food to the kitchen to heat up and was soon settled down to eat it in front of the christmas tree and roaring fire, looking out onto the snowy garden.

The girl was sitting there, very happy and munching away on a prawncracker when SUDDENLY, she saw a few dark red things. The girl thought to herself 'they look like chillis' and what did she do? The girl popped one of the dark red chillis into her muncher.
Maybe it's one of those things like 'don't touch the wet paint'  or 'don't think of pink elephants'. Well, whatever the reason, the girl had decided to eat the chilli and consequently spent a while after in pain, wondering why she had eaten the chilli trying to extinguish the invisible fire on her tongue.

The girl's family were rather sympathetic. One family member suggested,  'try some milk' another joined in 'try some yogurt'. The girl started with two glasses of water which didn't help in the slightest. Then three glasses of milk which also didn't help. Then she had some yogurt which didn't help either! Finally someone suggested 'Why don't you take an icecube out the freezer and put it on your tongue' So the girl picked an icecube out of the freezer frantically and popped it on her tongue. Soon the girl breathed a sigh of relief, the icecube saved the day!

The next day, despite this episode from the night before,  the girl took the rest of the food, heated it up and picked out the chillis. She double checked they were all gone and then she tripple checked. Finally, the girl sat down to enjoy the chineese food once more. Reflecting on the valuable lesson she had learned. Abby Symes and chillis don't mix well....

The end.