When Thomas S. Monson was a young boy, he was staying at a camp. One day him and his friend had the idea to start a campfire. Their plan was to pull of the grass and make an area for their campfire. They began to pull the weeds and the grass but soon they grew very tired. They contemplated on how they can quickly get rid of the grass and Thomas got the bright idea of burning all the grass. He sneaked into the cabin kitchen and retrieved a pair of matches. He then when to the grass, lit the match. and the lit the fire. He expected the fire to only burn the portion of grass he wanted but he was wrong. He soon found out the fire wasn't going to stop and it kept spreading and spreading. He had to call for help and so all the other camp member quickly rush to the scene of the fire and they all began working quickly to try and put out the fire. After 7 hours of non-stop working they were finally able to put out the fire. In the story Thomas was disobedient because he decided to steal the matches, and not only struck the match. but he also was disobedient because he started the fire which could have brought lots of harm to the surrounding area. He learned an important lesson that day, and that was "Obedience is the great test of life".