Write On Wednesdays Exercise 23 - Write the words of Margaret Atwood at the top of your page "We are learning to make fire". Set your timer to 5 minutes. Write the first words that come into your head after the prompt. Stop when the buzzer rings.
The boys looked up. They couldn't believe what they had just heard. Did they really hear the words come out if the old man's mouth. Yes, he had said "We are learning to make fire." What did he mean? The boys were excited. They didn't know what to do, what was going to happen. They knew only that their mother was going to kill them and that the old man was promising them something exciting.
Looking around the dark cave, watching for any glimpse of their mother, the oldest boy repeated the man. "We are learning to make fire?"
"Oh, yes. It has been outlawed way too long. Few remember the way, not many know how it is done. I, I am one of the few. I am old. When I am gone, so too shall be the knowledge of man's fire."
"Mother says fire is a fairy tale. She says man has never used fire. She says it is dangerous." The younger brother responded to the old man. He was very nervous, and very excited.
"It was outlawed right before I was born. My father taught me, despite the law forbidding it. I have no sons. Now, I shall teach you."
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