Twenty words using the letters above
cant use the words: priest, teen, post, president, untied, present, ripe, nineteen, deep, stripe, and pretend

Pen, rip, ten, nine, tip, need, tied, dent, tried, tree, steel, tip, test, pine, pent, pint, sit, set, pot, seed, pride.

a because they still enjoy the fire.

explanation:

"it's more of an essay than story, but perhaps it is best described as a mood-piece: it uses a lot of musical imagery, not to mention sea imagery, religious imagery, and any other imagery that suits his purpose."