Firestar and the Engine

by EspeonSilverfire2

Yet another random one-shot of mine. Firestar and Leafpool are doing a school worksheet, and Firestar gets stuck on question 4. Leafpool has to explain the workings of the internal combustion engine to someone who knows absolutely nothing about monsters.

A/N- Another random one-shot I wrote for revision purposes. This time I actually used it for revision though! Wow. I never thought I'd actually revise. Please enjoy, and if you want some more fun, try doing Leafpool actions while you read!

Disclaimer- Warriors is not mine, and neither is Wikipedia, nor the 4-stroke petrol internal combustion engine.

Physics Tales- The Internal Combustion Engine

aka- Revision Stories- Firestar and the Engine

Firestar sat, staring at his worksheet. He was completely baffled by question 4.

"Leafpool?" he asked tentatively, "How does a 4-stroke petrol internal combustion engine work?"

Leafpool, sat next to her father, sighed and meowed,

"Right. It's dead simple. It goes suck, squeeze, bang, blow."

Firestar frowned.

"Suck, squeeze, bang, blow?!"

Leafpool let out another exasperated sigh, then demonstrated.

"Okay, first of all, the intake valve opens, and lets in petrol and air."

She showed him by taking a deep breath.

"Hang on, petrol?"

"Oh Firestar, you idiot. Our forest is supposed to be in England. It's gasoline."

"Oooooh, I see. But how do you know we're in England?"

"It says so on Wikipedia."

"Oh, I'll check that out later!"

Leafpool sighed for the umpteenth time.

"Next, the valves close, and the piston moves around and up to compress the mixture!"

She moved her head round in a circle, demonstrating. Firestar watched intently.

"After that, the sparking plug sends out an electric spark which ignites the mixture in a controlled bang."

She gave a small jump to express the explosion. Firestar stifled a 'mrrow' of laughter. Leafpool gave him a displeased look.

"Finally, the hot gasses from the bang have forced the piston down. As it moves back up again, the exhaust valve opens, and the piston pushes the waste gases out of the exhaust pipe."

She moved her head in a circle again, and then breathed out.

Firestar gave a nod of understanding, and then asked,

"Leafpool? How do we know this stuff? And why are we doing a worksheet in the first place?"

"Because Silverfire has an exam, and she's making revision notes."

"We're writing her notes for her?!"

"No. We are the notes. See? She has a physics exam. We're explaining the information for her."

"My head hurts…" Firestar complained.

"Oh quit whining!" said the medicine cat, "Now come and explain question 5! It's 'How does the back-radiation from the Earth's surface affect the rate of Global Warming, taking account of the levels of greenhouse gasses present in our atmosphere?'"

This time, Firestar sighed.