I am standing with a flapping rubber mat on a broom handle trying to contain the edges of the wall of fire as it marches across the buff-colored field.

我站在那里，用绑在扫帚把上的橡皮垫拍打火苗，试图控制火墙的边界，阻止它向淡黄色的田野蔓延。

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The fire crackles like a straw broom on cobblestones, but the only sound from Henry is the muffled slap of his coat sleeves.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Woodsburner'