#3114: Building a Fire

[A tent in a field stands in the background to the left of Cueball, who stands behind Megan, who is kneeling and arranging sticks into the first few layers of a small log cabin.]

Cueball: Can you show me how to build a campfire?

Megan: Sure! We'll use the log cabin method.

Megan: First we build a square cabin out of sticks.

[Cueball now stands to the right of frame, opposite Megan with the cabin between them. The cabin has gotten taller and is becoming better defined. Megan holds a tiny table in one hand and tiny chair in the other.]

Megan: Next, we'll add interior walls, doors, and some cabin furniture made from twigs.

Cueball: This is very elaborate.

[The cabin now has a gable roof and an electrical wire leads from the base of the cabin to a coil of wire in Megan's hand and then off panel to the left. Lightning symbols above the wire indicate the wire is energized and perhaps shorting out.]

Megan: Now we'll add some rudimentary plumbing and electrical wiring. 50 amps, nothing fancy.

Cueball: It kind of seems like you're just building a cabin.

Megan: I just -

Megan: ...oops.

[The tiny log cabin is engulfed in flames. Cueball is leaning away from the cabin and holding his hand to shield his face from the heat.]

Megan: I think my wiring wasn't up to code.

Cueball: AAAAA!!

Megan: ... and that's how you build a fire!