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Texas Boy Gets Magnifying Glass For Christmas—Then Proceeds To Set The Lawn On Fire
31 December 2019
Nissa-Lynn Parson/Facebook
They say "be careful what you wish for."
But could that also be applied to be careful what your kids wish for Christmas gifts?
<p>12-year-old Cayden Parson didn't mean to cause a full on lawn fire after asking for a magnifying glass for Christmas, but nonetheless, he did so.</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="82b4e3f0e573ecc6fc4f09bf60d1120d"><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/nissalynn.parson/posts/10159101496283056"></div></div><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="4a2e8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4C1O901577815515"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211830195822481408" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">A 12-year-old in Texas got a magnifying glass for Christmas. His parents thought it would be used for reading, but… https://t.co/lsx1zwbYjf</div> — CNN (@CNN)<a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/statuses/1211830195822481408">1577757808.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>The boy's mother, Nissa-Lynn Parson, posted about the incident and how it transpired.</strong></p><blockquote><em>"My twelve year old son Cayden, who is an avid reader, very curious, and interested in science, asked for a magnifying glass for Christmas. (It's like a basketball player asking for basketball shoes.)"</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>"We thought it was for reading, but instead he tried to see if he could light a fire with it!" </em></blockquote><blockquote><em>"We discovered that he and his two brothers went out on the driveway and burned a couple holes in some paper."</em></blockquote><p><strong>If there's anything we learned from the 90s, it's that kids never ask for magnifying glasses to read.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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</p><p><br></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9f5786a4952c6c57c4a342a02f8a2da8"><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10159101485588056&set=pcb.10159101496283056&type=3&theater"></div></div><p>The fire soon got out of control.<br></p><blockquote><em>"Everything was under control until the boys came running into the house telling us that a corner of the lawn was on fire and the Christmas lights were melting! Justin and I rushed outside to see the entire front lawn turning black!"</em></blockquote><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f72106abaa2b02ba3be920452eef6b45"><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10159101485628056&set=pcb.10159101496283056&type=3&theater"></div></div><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="437a2" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="UBRCT61577815515"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211830731237814272" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CNN I gave my kids some blocks of wood with their magnifying glasses and showed them how to etch pictures into the wood using the sun.</div> — TheMadTeacher #55% #Impotus (@TheMadTeacher #55% #Impotus)<a href="https://twitter.com/Sevilon/statuses/1211830731237814272">1577757935.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="51d9d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="IXVNMC1577815515"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211834131744559104" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CNN I'm sorry but I gotta laugh! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂</div> — Sandra Tabbytosavit 🆘 🥁 (@Sandra Tabbytosavit 🆘 🥁)<a href="https://twitter.com/STabbytosavit/statuses/1211834131744559104">1577758746.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="5f84b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="I3KOFG1577815515"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211831670472691714" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CNN Ummm, that’s what you do with a magnifying glass when your 12.</div> — Carl Kincaid (@Carl Kincaid)<a href="https://twitter.com/CMoneyKS/statuses/1211831670472691714">1577758159.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="16794" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="LHC2I81577815515"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211866319232086018" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CNN Accidentally? Heck when I was a kid we did this crap intentionally.</div> — Glenn (@Glenn)<a href="https://twitter.com/g_geboy/statuses/1211866319232086018">1577766420.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="72901" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="K4Q4LU1577815515"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211830885303103489" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CNN ‘Accidentally’</div> — ChaosComet (@ChaosComet)<a href="https://twitter.com/OrbitInDarkness/statuses/1211830885303103489">1577757972.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>They managed to finally get the situation under control:</strong></p><blockquote><em>"We grabbed buckets, Justin turned the sprinklers on, and I grabbed blankets to smother and trap it - before it could spread any more into the neighbors yard!"</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>"What a sight to see - a bunch of people running around crazy trying to put a front lawn fire out while wearing matching Christmas jammies!"</em></blockquote><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="1a12c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="A7KARH1577815515"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211831926241148929" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CNN https://t.co/9QpMCG2JtV</div> — Deepak 🇱🇰 (@Deepak 🇱🇰)<a href="https://twitter.com/deepak8597/statuses/1211831926241148929">1577758220.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="b2aec" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="WNYBOU1577815516"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211834360325791744" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CNN Every kid who had a magnifying glass tried to burn a bug or start a fire.</div> — William A Herrick (@William A Herrick)<a href="https://twitter.com/startrek101tos/statuses/1211834360325791744">1577758800.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="b3192" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="DDRT701577815516"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211831025849864192" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CNN I had a magnifying glass as a gift as a child. a couple times, the thought of using it that way did not occur to me. not once</div> — TR Welling (@TR Welling)<a href="https://twitter.com/trwelling/statuses/1211831025849864192">1577758005.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="083cb" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3ATWBB1577815516"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211832577503432704" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CNN of course he did, have you ever met a 12 year old boy</div> — 💔missmygirl (@💔missmygirl)<a href="https://twitter.com/McMickey98/statuses/1211832577503432704">1577758375.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="b4dcd" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="FIK29S1577815516"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211833234583097344" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CNN Accidentally on purpose. Kind of surprised I never torched my parents deck when I was growing up.</div> — Chuck Wagon (@Chuck Wagon)<a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckWagon645/statuses/1211833234583097344">1577758532.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>The fire was started when Cayden and Ashton, the younger brother, went to burn a hole in the newspaper and it completely caught fire.</p><p><strong>Ashton told </strong><em><strong><a href="https://www.fox4news.com/news/after-getting-magnifying-glass-for-christmas-mckinney-boy-catches-his-front-yard-on-fire" target="_blank">FOX 4</a>:</strong></em></p><blockquote><em>"The flame starts, so I picked up the newspaper and just kind of like throw it."<a href="https://www.fox4news.com/news/after-getting-magnifying-glass-for-christmas-mckinney-boy-catches-his-front-yard-on-fire" target="_blank"></a></em></blockquote><blockquote><em>"The smoke was getting like as high as the tree."</em></blockquote><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="358ac" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3U01P31577815516"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211830717208039424" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CNN My son did that once.
He and his buddies were having Roman Candle wars for New Years, shooting at each other.… https://t.co/mX3nyCnotF</div> — Diana247 (@Diana247)<a href="https://twitter.com/Diana24724/statuses/1211830717208039424">1577757932.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="097a5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="U1RGJY1577815516"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211843274211766272" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CNN @eatrightfitness sound familiar https://t.co/FGqo4L6cLH</div> — Lisa Adams (@Lisa Adams)<a href="https://twitter.com/lisa_adams08/statuses/1211843274211766272">1577760926.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="1a797" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1JGB2F1577815516"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211831098742718464" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CNN haha. kids just trying something new and it works! Bravo</div> — Ivy Paul (@Ivy Paul)<a href="https://twitter.com/IvyPaul20/statuses/1211831098742718464">1577758023.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="556ff" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1FA6QS1577815516"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211831198437298182" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CNN https://t.co/bACKvdSOUR</div> — lsutigerzfan (@lsutigerzfan)<a href="https://twitter.com/lsutigerzfan/statuses/1211831198437298182">1577758047.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="cbc22" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="VOABW21577815517"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1211831782754181120" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@CNN https://t.co/nIUFx82aZX</div> — Sabir (@Sabir)<a href="https://twitter.com/Sabir36760764/statuses/1211831782754181120">1577758186.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>What is the lesson, parents?</strong> </p><p>Perhaps not to give your 12-year-old-boys tools to start fires.</p><p><div id="insticator-container" class="embedid-c230ccfe-b34e-4c23-8bb0-aaf80e33dfdf"><div id="div-insticator-ad-1"></div><div id="insticator-embed"></div><div id="div-insticator-ad-2"></div><script data-cfasync="false" type="text/javascript">Insticator.ad.loadAd("div-insticator-ad-1");Insticator.ad.loadAd("div-insticator-ad-2");Insticator.load("em",{id : "c230ccfe-b34e-4c23-8bb0-aaf80e33dfdf"})</script></div></p><p>And it's never too early to teach your children about fire safety. The book <strong><em><a href="https://amzn.to/2tfepAQ" target="_blank">Fire Safety with Lieutenant Toby!</a></em></strong> is available <strong><em><a href="https://amzn.to/2tfepAQ" target="_blank">here</a></em></strong>.</p>
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