When Thomas was 8 years old he went camping with his friend Daniel and other kids. He and Daniel decided to build a camp spot for the evening. the only problem was that there was to much grass. so they decided to rip all the weeds out in a circle. It didn't really work because they were getting tired and wasn't ripping much grass. Thomas told Daniel that they should get a match and burn the grass in a circle and it'll be gone. They got a match and lit it and threw in the place were they were going to burn the grass. they were noticing that the fire wasn't going away and was going farther then they expected. They realized they did a big mistake and started panicking. Luckily there were more people to put out the fire so they shouted for help. Everyone helped to get rags and moisten them up with water and put the fire out. If they wouldn't be able to put the fire out there could've been a large fire in the woods and could've destroyed and killed other people and animals. Since then Thomas learned to always ask a guardian and obey and don't do stuff he shouldn't do. That inspired him to put out the quote "Obedience is the test of life"