He sighed as he realized he needed some dry material to start the fire. He went over to his pillow and ripped it open pulling out enough straw to start the fire. He placed it inside and then carefully stacked the twigs they would easily burn by the fire he made. He grabbed his flint and steel and began to strike it. It took about ten minutes before he got the fire going. He kept adding the twigs and sticks to the pile to keep it going.