To Build a Fire

The man couldn't expectorate the tobacco juice because his lip were frozen together. The result was a string of yellow ice that hung own from his lips.

The ice held his lips so tightly together that he could not empty the juice from his mouth. The result was a long piece of yellow ice hanging from his lips. If he fell down it would break, like glass, into many pieces. He expected the ice formed by the tobacco juice, having been out twice before when it was very cold. But it had not been as cold as this, he knew.