Little Lamplight

 is a settlement in the Capital Wasteland in Fallout 3.

History
On October 3rd, 2077, 82 students from The Early Dawn Elementry school went on a fieldtrip to Lamplight Caverns with a couple of teachers and a few parent chaperones (Including the fourth grade teacher named Carrie Delaney). There they spent many hours touring the caverns. Just as they were packing up to leave and return home the caverns began to vibrate violently. The kids began to scream as the lights went out, and one man from the group went out to see what was going on. Upon his return he informed those within that the entire DC area was covered in Mushroom Clouds.

Over one month the adults slowly died off, some from leaving the cavern, others from accidents. Eventually Miss Delaney, being last of the adult survivors, decided to go on a scavanger run and never returned, leaving all the kids alone to fend for themselves. One of the elder kids, Jason Grant, decided to assume power over the rest after no others would step foward. Within the next month of exploring the caves the children came upon Vault 87, where they would pound on the door for hours pleading for assistance.

Finally, when one of the adults inside told the children to go away that they were 'already dead' the kids turned against all 'Mungos' and became a prepubescent society, turning away all children once they became the age of 16.

Little Lamplight Presently
consists of a group of shacks set up inside a cave, lit by a system of lamps. It is inhabited only by children, who made their own society in there based on the cultivation and trade of the radiation-absorbing fungus that grows in the cave. Upon their 16th birthday, the inhabitants must leave Little Lamplight, with no exceptions. Many of the inhabitants of Big Town actually immigrated from Little Lamplight. They refer to adults as "Mungos".

To go through the cavern you have to speak with Mayor MacCready and agree to rescue two members of the town, Sammy and Squirrel, have been kidnapped by slavers from Paradise Falls. Alternately if the players Speech skills are high enough, or the player has the "Child at Heart" perk, it is possible to smooth-talk MacCready to let you in. Naturally most residents will have dialogue options related to this perk here, and of special note is Biwwy who will give you the Wazer Wifle for free instead of charging you 500 caps for it.

Related quests

 * Rescue from Paradise

Appearances
 only appears in Fallout 3.