I DIDN’T REALISE CANDLES MELTED
Teen baffled as gift ‘vanished’
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A TEACHER was baffled when her sister’s candle gift “disappeared” as the wax melted.
Charlotte Heckermann bought sister Ami a scented wax melting pot and tealight to release the odour.
But nursery teacher Ami, 18, was fuming when the candle vanished after burning for four hours.
She texted Charlotte, 21, at
■ 4am saying she was “confused” and upset her present had “disappeared”.
In a hilarious message exchange Ami asked her sibling: “Where has the wax in my candle gone?’’
Charlotte said “that’s what happens” when you burn a candle.
Ami blasted back: “So gotta
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ADVENTUROUS Finley Ibrahim is stuck inside a tree, with only his head and arm poking out of a tiny hole before a kindhearted hero pulls him free.
The four-year-old was exploring the woods in Eastham Country Park, Wirral, Cheshire, when he climbed inside the trunk.
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Mum Lindsey, who has a bad back, said: “I was mortified at the time, thinking: ‘Oh my word, what am I going to do’?
“The guy was like Spiderman, he just sprang to the top of the tree trunk, pulled him hard a few times and Finley popped out.
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“Luckily the man was there. He was like a hero.” get a new candle. Didn’t tell me this. Cheers. Son’s crying!’’
She later said she had never had a candle before and assumed they lasted years.
Charlotte, of Manchester, said: “I thought it was common sense but clearly not.
“She is quite clever so I don’t know why she didn’t realise.”
And she added: “She’ll get a candle for her birthday!’’