'Twasn't lightning. Amos lit off one of those super-mega-firecrackers he has and threw it on the roof to see if it would damage the roof. It did.

The ATF came and said it was equivalent to a half a stick of 60% dynamite. They confiscated the rest of his firecrackers and fined him $10.00 US and told on him. Only he pointed to old Mrs. Schmeerkase and told the Agents that she was his mother (Mom being out at the time) and the Agents turned him over to her "wrath."

Now we all know that Mrs. Schmeerkase is deafer'n a post and not quite with us all the time anymore, so she just gave Amos some cookies and milk, told him to be a good boy (yeah, right!), and sent him home.