I love candles. I burn them almost every evening. Tonight I placed a candle on the coffee table. It's a rather large one that my housecleaner gave me for Christmas. It's in a glass container about 8" high.

As I was sitting on the couch watching TV, Max decided to jump on the coffee table so I moved the candle to the other end. I was petting him and watching TV at the same time when I smelled something awful. While I didn't notice, Max turned around and his tail brushed over the flame of the candle and got singed. It was only a couple of hairs that turned black and Max didn't even notice.

I immediately picked him up and checked his tail and all is well but I fear what would have happened if I was in another room or something. Of course, I blew the candle out right away.

Maybe I should rename him Singe??????