You Might Be Mythtaken

The Darvaza gas crater at night. Found on  Wikimedia Commons . Now, I think my son might be crazy. Like, actually crazy. But at the same time, with everyone talking about the end of the world, can he really be that crazy? "Mom, I know how to save us from the fire," he said. "Sure you do, honey," I said. "No seriously. This is how we are going to be safe." Then he takes out a bow and shoots arrows in each of the cardinal directions. "This land that I have outlined with arrows, it will be safe from the flames." "Son, this is absolutely ridiculous. There is no way this will save us when the world is in flames," my husband said. "No, really, this will work. We will be safe at the end of the world when everyone else is dead," my son said. My husband did not believe him. My husband left that day, and we never saw him again. "Okay so what's the plan? How will this save us?" I asked. "Here the earth is...

The Darvaza gas crater at night. Found on Wikimedia Commons . The world was burned. A mother and her son and daughter survived. Everyone else of earth died. The son had heard about the earth burning before it happened, but his father did not believe him. They had a falling out. The son made a bow and arrow, which he shot in each direction- north, south, east, and west. The ground did not burn in the fire that had been outlined by the arrows. He warned people of the fire and that this land wold be safe. They didn't believe him. The fire came and they could hear it encroaching. animals ran to the plot of land. The man refused to show up because of his fight with his son (hi pride and hubris). The fire burned everything and boiled the water away before ceasing. The world had to start agin from the ashes and the lone plot of land. The man named the animals as he told them what to do and where to go. The rabbit didn't want to listen to him, it wanted to live in the water. the s...