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1、Drill Wood to Make Fire 钻 木 取 火Long time ago,people hadnt learned how to make fire,let alone cook food.People ate raw food and drank cold water.Everything they ate was raw,so people used to get sick and even die easily,and their life span was not long.One day,the forest caught fire.After the fire wa
2、s put out,people found beasts that were burnt by the fire.People found that the smell was good.They took a bite,and it was delicious,too.Hence,people learned that meat tastes better when cooked with fire.They also discovered that fire can bring light and drive away wild animals.With fire,the beasts
3、wouldnt dare to get near people.They also discovered that fire can bring light and drive away wild animals.With fire,the beasts wouldnt dare to get near people.On a mountain,there grew a kind of tree called Suimu.In the Suimu woods,there lived a kind of bird with a long and hard beak.This kind of bi
4、rd liked to peck the wood with its beak.It pecked and pecked,and sometimes it could peck out sparks.One day a man walked through the woods and saw the sparks.He thought:If birds can make sparks,can I do the same?He found a piece of Suimu wood and a hard branch,and struck the wood with the branch jus
5、t like the bird did.However,he couldnt make any sparks no matter how hard he tried.But he didnt give up.He found a piece of dry Suimu wood and put some hay on it.He kept drilling and diling on the wood with a branch.Finally,the wood sparked and lit some hay and the wood.He kept drilling and diling o
6、n the wood with a branch.Finally,the wood sparked and lit some hay and the wood.Word spread quickly,and people gradually learned to make fire on their own and cook food with torches.The days of eating raw meat had finally ended.When the night comes,people all gather around the fire,and the wild anim
7、als dare not approach them easily.The man who inventeddilling wood to make firewas named Sul Ren Shi.People were very gratefull to him and elected him as the,leader of the tribe.Sui Ren Shi is regarded as theancestor of fireby later generations,and his story has been spread throughout history and up to the present time.leader of the tribe.Sui Ren Shi is regarded as theancestor of fireby later generations,and his story has been spread throughout history and up to the present time.