Journal 57: What Makes Fire?

            Brian can't start a fire, because he did the rubbing wood things wrong, that is why he can't start a fire. How you do it was that you first find a wood block, and make a small gap in the wood block; and you take a wood stick and start rubbing the gap you make, but remember as you doing it put some dead leaves when you do it, so it decrease the time to make fire. As you doing it, when there is smoke coming out, you need to add leaves first to the smoke and cover them, as the smoke grow bigger, you decrease the adding of the leaves. When it starts burning, you add leaves, but also add some small wood branches. The fire will eventually get bigger, so you have to be patient. Making fire out of rubbing wood took long time, so you have to be patient. The other ways of making fire is that you can use rock and iron, if you have them. You rub iron and rock together, and it will makes sparks. Which is faster, and little dangerous, because you might hurt your hand. There is also a way, but it only work when you have a magnifier, or glass pieces. The time took in the morning, you need sun to help you with it. You first make a pile of leaves and you use the glass pieces and let the sun shine through them and it will turns to a point. That point is what all the sun light gather, because magnifier can gather sun light when they shine through them. You direct the point to the leaves and after a while, the smoke will start forming. Then you put leaves and woods make sure it start burning, This way is great qualities, but you have to make it in the morning and you have to guard them until night. Also it only works when there is sunlight.