Fill in the Blanks The Origins of FireOnline version An English activity by Miss Yandari 1 bend down tree working village world clever geese steal fireflies teach fly eyes wings closed fire idea In the beginning of time , animals and trees talked to each other . At that time , only had fire . Fox was , and he wanted to get for the . He had to find a way to some from the fireflies . One day , Fox asked the to teach him their cry . They answered that he must first learn to with them before they would him . The geese tied to Fox . " Do not open your when you fly , " they warned him . Fox flew with the geese , keeping his eyes . As day turned to darkness , they flew over the village of fireflies . Fox opened his eyes . Right away his wings stopped . He fell to the ground inside the walls of the fireflies' . Two kind fireflies came to help Fox . When he asked how he could get over the wall , they showed him a cedar . They told him the tree would if he asked it to . This gave Fox an .