The Keeper of the Flame

Each year Dear Farmer has oodles of brush to burn.  The middle son has been dubbed "The Keeper of the Flame".  His job is to burn the brush every day that the wind allows.  This title holds great responsibility, and great diligence.  At first the job is fun!  Fire!  What boy doesn't enjoy it?!  The greater the number of days, however, the fewer the crowd to help the Keeper.  And the luster of being the "Keeper of the Flame" goes out.  This is where the diligence comes in...on the verge of complaint but yet doing his job (not to) cheerfully.  About the time that the Keeper finds himself all alone by a fire the Wife is prepared to add enjoyment back into the job...with Marshmallows!  Non-organic, totally store-bought, highly gluten-ized, and refined- sugar  MARSHMALLOWS.  Suddenly the Keeper is once again a popular sibling.  He is not only "the Keeper of the Flame", but now he is also the Keeper of Marshmallows.  Instead of  the job being "Aww, Mama, do I hafta?"  The job is a "When can I?"  The shine back in his job, we continue to burn the brush through the rest of the spring...the s'mores don't come out until summertime.