Book 3: Chapter 1: Part 7
Nevertheless, to repeat something for the millionth time is a challenge, but suddenly the tip of the match lit a spark.
“Oh! Alright!”
Finally, we were going to light a fire. The panic and confusion that were piling up, dropped down by a simple technique.
And… It only produced smoke and in spite of waiting for a long time to spread its flames and see the fire, well there was no sign of it.
“Eh?!….”
“Should we do it more thoroughly, so that it will set fire on the branches? They way we are doing it now is not going to bring any result.”
“Alright, this time I will try to do it more carefully. Ah!… Damn it! I failed again. Did they give us defective goods or something?”
It is really difficult to spark a fire using only one match stick, for real, we will not be able to have a bonfire any time soon. Also, Yamauchi gradually seemed to lose his temper, so naturally he grazed the tip of the match with vigor and the thin tip of the stick peeled off too quickly. Like this, 1 match, 2 matches and so on, ended up unused and the sticks were piling up.
“If we fail to start a fire with what remaining matches in the box, then we will be in trouble.”