Sentence 1: Jed was making a stew. 
 Sentence 3: Jed was caught off guard as the kitchen caught on fire 
 Sentence 4:  He watched the firemen try to save the rest of his house 
 Sentence 5:  Jed regretted he hadn't just had a bowl of cereal 
 Option 1: He'd forgotten about the broken stove burner. 
 Option 2: He decided to make it outside on a grill.