We’ve turned our walks into finding things

我们把漫步变成了搜索

that catch fire easily, like us

容易点着的东西，就像我们

our fascination with bush craft—

就像我们对丛林艺术的迷恋——

how to survive in a forest

如何不使用

without the conveniences

我们家里的工具

we have at home

在森林中生存

the first human to discover fire

第一个发明用火的人类

rubbed two stones together

磨擦两块石头取火，

friction is a good thing.

磨擦真是个好东西。

we have fun starting fires

我们很开心地生火

scratching the Mora knife against the small iron rod

用北欧钢刀刮削铁棒

sending sparks into a nest of dried grass and fibrous barks

让火花溅入干草和树皮纤维

you put out the flame with the sole of your hiking boot

你用登山靴的鞋底把火踩灭

so we can begin, again

所以我们可以开始，再开始

by the time we leave the forest,

当我们离开森林

we’ve discovered deer poo combusts easily

我们发现鹿粪

human hair doesn’t

比人的毛发更容易燃烧

I’ve given a lock and you’ve won the bet

——我贡献了一缕头发而你赢得了打赌

By the time we leave

当我们离开时

we’ve lost count of the fires we’ve started.

我们已经忘记了我们曾经点燃了多少团火焰。