Marshmallows may look soft and fluffy and harmless, but those things can maim. Earlier this summer my niece Abigail took a marshmallow to the face when she was leading trail crew for Washington Trails Association. She said, "I had just finished the marshmallow safety talk, when I went to pull it out of the fire, and it got me." She had second-degree burns on her forehead and nose.
Then just a few weeks later, the same thing happened to me! Maybe I acted too quickly as the marshmallow caught on fire, maybe I jerked too much, maybe the stick was just a little too flimsy. Or is it hard to judge distance in the dark?
Could the propensity for marshmallow accidents be genetic?
I have never been so glad to wear glasses.
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