To Build a Fire

I was listening to Grooveshark yesterday when an Amazon ad popped up with my book, "I Thought Scout Uniforms Were Fireproof!" That was a first, but it was fun to see. (I almost bought another copy.) And it reminded me of a story I read about several years ago. Two Boy Scouts became lost in the mountains above Salt Lake City. They knew to stay where they were, and decided to build a fire. One of the boys had a survival manual, and they quickly read the chapter on fire building, but none of the suggestions worked. They reread the chapter and tried again. No good. They read the chapter AGAIN, following the suggestions step by step. Still nothing. This went on for some time and then the Scouts tried thinking outside the box. They ripped the book to shreds, put the paper in the fire lay, and soon had themselves a roaring bonfire. There are so many good Scouting stories out there . . . I put several of them in "I Thought Scout Uniforms Were Fireproof," and if you have a good one I'd love to hear it!