{"id":1676,"date":"2026-05-26T10:58:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/?page_id=1676"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:58:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:58:31","slug":"fable-what-is-spoken-before-the-fire-part-two","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/?page_id=1676","title":{"rendered":"Fable: \u201cWhat Is Spoken Before the Fire\u201d \u2014 Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-273-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-273-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-273-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-273-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-273.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A seasoned craftsman<br>happened to walk by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He glanced at the fire,<br>then at the young man\u2019s back,<br>and let out a quiet laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then he said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDon\u2019t just sit there<br>staring into the fire.<br>It\u2019ll make you start<br>talking about your life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a brief moment of stillness,<br>everyone around burst into laughter.<br>The young man, too,<br>smiled with a hint of embarrassment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seasoned craftsmanhappened to walk by. He glanced at the fire,then at the young man\u2019s back,and let out a qui [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1676","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1678,"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1676\/revisions\/1678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}