Why did I join Wealthy Affiliate and the Secret of Fire?
As I Roamed the wilderness an Image was burning in my mind. That of Fire. I knew it was real I'd seen it! But no matter how I tried to make fire I always failed. For many days and nights I wandered but no matter where I looked under bush under stone under tree I could not find fire! When the night came, in the great distance flashes and twinkling lights could be seen but no matter how close I came by morning there was nothing but ashes.
Day and night passed again and again and still I could not find it. Until one day a traveler passing by saw me looking and asked "What are you searching for" "Fire of course" I replied. As he passed he laughed and said "you fool you wont find fire there, you must make fire!". "And how do I make fire?" I asked. "With wood my boy to burn, collect the wood fallen from the tree and you will find fire there". I looked around and could see much wood fallen from the trees, as I busied myself collecting as much as could be carried I looked to the stranger to ask how to make fire from this but he had passed on and was no ware to be seen.
The next day after collecting all the fallen wood I had a large pile, but still no fire. As I looked and inspected every branch and twig some dry and brittle others wet and moss covered. I left them in the sun hopping for the mid day heat to start it but nothing. I made different sized piles with different shaped branched some small some large, I broke up wood and weaved it together but still nothing.
On the next day a traveler was passing and I asked "Traveler do you know the secret of fire?". He looked at me and at all the wood around with a cold gaze "of course I know but why should I share it with you. What do you have to offer me in return?". I look around quickly "I have nothing of value only wood please take some in return". And with that he scooped the largest pile leaving me with little over half the original amount. "To make fire you need friction and from friction you have heat and from this heat fire will be born" with this he smiled and left.
I sat there pondering this knowledge and realized that by rubbing two sticks together I could create friction. So for the rest of the day and night I frantically rubbed different kinds of sticks together, some large some small. But to no avail no matter how hard I rubbed the heat was not enough.
In the morning with blooded and blistered hands another traveler passed. "Traveler do you know the secret of fire?" I asked. He stopped looking down at me and my blooded hands and at the wood all around and smiling he said "I do and for that pile of wood over there I will impart some knowledge". I looked over and could see he pointed at the second largest pile of wood which was about half of what I had left. "its a deal" I answered eagerly. So after scooping up the pile of wood he said "To make fire you need friction and from friction you have heat and from this heat fire will be born". "I know of this knowledge, what else" I answered frustrated. "Show me what you do" he answered. So picking up sticks I again started to rub them together, and as I started he watched then stopped me. "You hold the stick wrong. use a flat one for the ground and a straight one in both hands and rub your hands back and forth and you will make fire". So with new vigor I clasped both hands around the stick and back and forth I went all day and all night.
The next morning with blooded and blistered hand and still no fire another traveler passed by. "Traveler do you know the secret of fire?" I asked. He looked again at me then at what was left of my wood. "Of course I know" he smirked. I collected the rest of my wood leaving myself with two sticks left "here this is all I have left please tell me". He smirked and said "To make fire you need friction and from friction you have heat and from this heat fire will be born". "I know of this knowledge, what else" I answered angrily. Show me what you do. So after demonstrating he explained that instead of rubbing the sticks in between my hands back and forth, I should hold one stick in both hands and rub the other on a flat side forward and back. So off I went with all I could muster and so for an hour I tried. When I stopped I noticed that the friction heat being created was no better then the previous method which in turn was only slightly better than how I first tried. Tired now after my labour I rested.
In the morning feeling rested another traveler passed by he looked and nodded and said "I can teach you the secret of fire, for I see you searching". "I have nothing to give in return" I replied. To which he shrugged and walked on by.
Not feeling beaten I stood picking up my two sticks I walked in the direction from were all the travelers had come from. For many days I walked and passed many travelers. Who all offered to tell me the secret, but who all walked by when I replied these two sticks are all I have.
So after many days and nights of wandering. One evening off in the distance I could see a light flickering in the distance, as I walked towards it it got larger and larger until before me was a mighty fire with many people all around singing and dancing in celebration. And all around were people making fires some large some small and some just starting.
"Can you teach me the secret of fire all I have is my last two sticks?" "Of course friend come and sit with us hold onto your sticks you will need them yourself".
It was then explained to me that to make fire you must look after your wood keep it dry, you need dry kindling to start it off as well you must have small twigs to build the fire to start no large branches, that a small hole or channel in your flat stick allows the air underneath. That whether you try either the hand-stick-hand rubbing in between or the forward back method your sticks need to be clean and dry with all knots and nobbles smoothed off so as not to blister and bloody your hands.
And with this new knowledge I was able to create fire for the first time myself, but not just once but over and over and over again.
Words could not express the gratitude I felt. Smiling they said "Now you know!!"
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I apologize for the length just started and didnt stop