Burning down the HUT...

partial timeline from Day one of village life simulation:

4:20 receive payment for day labor

4:25 purchase fruit at wholesale to sell at market

4:30-5:00 bribe government official looking for our rent, policeman looking for our permit, and wholesaler to lie about what he was charging us for oranges

5:20 began long walk back to Kyarakunda (african village) celebrating how, through manipulation, lying, and deal-making, we had improved our lot

5:40 started fire in Lorena stove (google it to find out more) in grass thatched hut to begin cooking dinner

5:41 stepped out of hut to watch Josiah while Charity visited the latrine across the field from our hut

5:41:20 reentered Hut to find that the stove had spread fire to a tall pile of grass about a yard from the stove; immediately began stomping fire, to no avail.

5:41:30 return with water, but roof was on fire, so I threw the water on the roof... to no avail

5:41:45 flames grow to approx. 50 feet above hut. The tree, at the edge of the forest, begins to flame.

5:42 Charity exits the latrine, sees inferno before seeing Josiah and me, and screams. Josiah just watched in amazement. "Hot!" "Hot" "smoke!"

5:43 I send Charity off to get help while I stay and watch the fire. After running, with Josiah, for about half a mile, she hands the torch off to the next person to get help

5:55 The entire staff/faculty arrive in time to see our smoldering hut.

6:30 am (the following day) go outside to find the charred door of the hut flaming.



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