"I have plenty of Fire, inside the Earth," said Heat. "Do you want me to burst out in a blazing volcano? I am afraid it might burn them all up."
"No, Heat," said Mother Nature. "We do not need any volcanoes just now. But you have another way to give them Fire. Have you forgotten Lightning?"
"I see," said Heat. "Lightning is certainly very hot. What do you want me to do?"
"The trees and grass in the valley," Mother Nature replied, "are brown and dry from the Sun. Cold and Wind and Rain, I want you to send a thunder storm to the valley, and set the forest afire with a bolt of Lightning. Then, Heat, you can blaze away all you like, until I tell Rain to put you out again."
THE FIRST FIRE
The storm rolled down over the valley, and at last a great flash of Lightning struck a dry tree and set it on fire.