While the food was cooking they all stretched themselves lazily out under the tree , and were just dropping off to sleep when a big black cloud which they had never noticed spread over the sun , and heavy drops of rain began to fall , so that the fire was almost put out , and that , you know , is a very serious thing in savage countries where they have no matches , for it is very hard to light it again . To make matters worse , an icy wind began to blow , and the poor fishes were chilled right through their bodies . ` This will never do , ' said Thuggai , the oldest of the fish tribe . ` We shall die of cold unless we can light the fire again , ' and he bade his sons rub two sticks together in the hope of kindling a flame , but though they rubbed till they were tired , not a spark could they produce . ` Let me try , ' cried Biernuga , the bony fish , but he had no better luck , and no more had Kumbal , the bream , nor any of the rest . ` It is no use , ' exclaimed Thuggai , at last . ` The wood is too wet . We must just sit and wait till the sun comes out again and dries it . ' Then a very little fish indeed , not more than four inches long and the youngest of the tribe , bowed himself before Thuggai , saying , ` Ask my father , Guddhu the cod , to light the fire . He is skilled in magic more than most fishes . ' So Thuggai asked him , and Guddhu stripped some pieces of bark off a tree , and placed them on top of the smouldering ashes . Then he knelt by the side of the fire and blew at it for a long while , till slowly the feeble red glow became a little stronger and the edges of the bark showed signs of curling up . When the rest of the tribe saw this they pressed close , keeping their backs towards the piercing wind , but Guddhu told them they must go to the other side , as he wanted the wind to fan his fire . By and by the spark grew into a flame , and a merry crackling was heard . ` More wood , ' cried Guddhi , and they all ran and gathered wood and heaped it on the flames , which leaped and roared and sputtered . ` We shall soon be warm now , ' said the people one to another . ` Truly Guddhu is great ' ; and they crowded round again , closer and closer . Suddenly , with a shriek , a blast of wind swept down from the hills and blew the fire out towards them . They sprang back hurriedly , quite forgetting where they stood , and all fell down the bank , each tumbling over the other , till they rolled into the pool that lay below . Oh , how cold it was in that dark water on which the sun never shone !
Then in an instant they felt warm again , for the fire , driven by the strong wind , had followed them right down to the bottom of the pool , where it burned XXXXX brightly as ever .
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