Hunger

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Campfire sprung to life.

"Do you think fire is afraid to die?" the boy asked.

"No. Why would it be?"

"It's always hungry, eating," he said.

"So are we. It's just fire."

The forest was quiet with the deep summer dark.

"If I could," thought the flames. "I would consume it all."

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