Challenge
A pencil, a padlock, and a half-burned candle
Create a scene, roughly 1 paragraph long, that showcases a pencil, a padlock, and a half-burned candle... If you can :)
Half a Candle
Any person passing through the hallway would ask why I was jamming the sharp end of my pencil into the padlock to my room. But what they should be asking is how long it will take for half a candle to burn down a building.
(read in a British accent)