It’s part of the unspoken story that we’re not privy to. I think it’s marvelous that Nancy felt strongly enough about Bernice and her predicament that she stepped in. Bernice is a diligent student, a caring curmudgeon (like so many here!), and needed the help.
Those Duraflame logs come with the napalm built in!
My kid called me from an impromptu camping trip to tell me that he and his college sweetheart were doing okay. He thought he was ahead of the pack because he’d stopped somewhere and bought a duraflame log in the event he couldn’t get the wet wood lit. I stopped him right there. “You know that those decorative logs are for decoration only, right?”
“What?” He said. “We were gonna cook dinner over it!”
“Read the label on the Duraflame package, boy.” I replied. He did. I’m glad that his workaround was to use the Duraflame to start the wet wood and make a separate fire for dinner.
This guy’s the Edmund Gwenn of Santa’s!