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How to Make a Fire
Everybody likes campfire-cooked food. Remember those hot potatoes dug into ashes and charcoal? Or do you like boiling fish soup prepared in a cauldron? Delicious!
Everything starts from making a campfire.
The first thing you should bear in mind is safety. Find a fire bed away from trees, bushes and other plants. Your fire bed should be on bare earth, not grass. If there isn’t one, make your own by digging the soil and taking away plants and grass because dry grass, branches and bark catch fire easily.
The next step is to gather wood for the fire. Dry small logs, twigs and branches burn the best. Choose good tinder-dry leaves, dry bark, wood shavings and some fungi to let your fire burn better.
Then make a bundle of that collected material and put it on the small dry logs you have found. Don’t start a fire yourself! There should always be a parent or some other adult who can help you. Use some paper and matches to start a fire under your adult guide’s supervision. Be careful not to burn your hands or clothes.
When you go camping, you can cook soup in
- a big metal bowl
- a saucepan
- a frying pan
The place on the ground where you make a fire is called
- a fire chair
- a fire bed
- a fire spot
A thin wooden stick you see on a tree is
- a branch
- a leaf
- wood shavings
You put a bundle of dry leaves and other stuff on
- dry grass
- dry logs
- wet logs
To start a fire, you need
- help from an adult, some paper and a box of matches
- matches and some paper
- only dry paper