As you walked through the wilderness at night, your eyes darted around you at the landscape. It was dark, damp, and freezing cold. It was a surprise that it wasn’t snowing already. The trees rattled and moaned with secret warnings as the forest made itself scarce of animals.

You were staying in a cabin not too far from here, but you needed firewood. If you couldn’t find any, you would certainly be freezing by the time midnight came.