Fire

“Ug, you no leave today. Me need fire like Joll and Gnock.”

“I late for mammoth hunt, She. Me say me bring you flames. Just...after me go out with boys, before mammoth go away.”

“You promise, Ug. Many moons ago.”

“You calling Ug a liar? Me say me hunt the sun, me will...after me catch mammoth!”

“If you no bring me fire now, you no more mate of mine, Ug!”

“Why moan and whine, She? Me bring you fire soon!”

“You shake you club at me, Ug, I no more skin you hunts or fetch you water or—”

“I no shake at She. I shake at, uh, sun! Yes, I hunt you sun! See? Sun run away. Me chase.”

“You no fool me, Ug. You run to hunt mammoth, not sun!”

“But She! Boys wait with bow and knife! They wives send to hunt!”

“Boys hunt fire for they wives first! Gnock show me. Joll show me. Now you...Ug! Why you throw club at sun?”

“Me catch it, me willl! For She!”

“Throw, Ug, throw! Oh. You drop club in stick pile.”

“You blame Ug? Sun too far! Me no catch today.”

“What is smell?”

“Smell?”

“Smell like…Joll fire!”

“Look! Fire in stick pile!”

“You hunt the sun, Ug! Me proud and happy. You go hunt mammoth now—”

“Uh, oh.”

“Fire move. Why, Ug? Ug! Fire hunt us!”

“Run to cave, She!”

“It follow, Ug! It...it eat our cave. Our home! Oh, Ug! What we do?”

“Me not know what She do with new fire, but Ug go hunt mammoth!”



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260 words
Written for: Dialogue 500
Prompt: You're a caveman and discover that fire works (July)
This dialogue is inspired by a poem I wrote a few years ago:

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First Fire  (E) A caveman creates fire for his wife. #2163586 by Genipher

First Fire was written for the Monthly Poetry Contest and the prompt was supposed to be "fireworks" but there was a typo and it said "fire works". I decided to be a little cheeky and take it for how it was written and thus, Ug and She were born. Needless to say, I didn't win that round.