It's not a fire yet, heehee! It's just like a little kitten, all newly hatched and weak. We have to treat it gently befur it grows.
[When the ember seems stable enough, Nepeta coaxes it into the softest part of the tinder bundle and blows on it carefully, inviting it to catch and grow until the bundle starts to smoke in her hands.]
Now we're getting somewhere. See how you have to do it in steps? A teensy spark can't sustain itself on those big, hard scratching posts, so we have to feed it little by little like this.
[When the fire seems to be getting along well enough, she sets it under the stick teepee so it can really get going.]
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[When the ember seems stable enough, Nepeta coaxes it into the softest part of the tinder bundle and blows on it carefully, inviting it to catch and grow until the bundle starts to smoke in her hands.]
Now we're getting somewhere. See how you have to do it in steps? A teensy spark can't sustain itself on those big, hard scratching posts, so we have to feed it little by little like this.
[When the fire seems to be getting along well enough, she sets it under the stick teepee so it can really get going.]