I feel like the last panel especially builds on the joke by continuing to divert expectations. It goes from humorously building too accurate of a log cabin, to coming back around to accidentally/on purpose starting a fire, thus completing the initial request.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The cabin is already on fire in panel 4. It is clear what happened. Then the words explain the joke.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It’s a typical instruction delivery speech structure:

Okay, let me tell you how to ____

2-n.

n. And that’s how you ____

(Optional) n+1. Any questions?

Hence the text in panel 4 completes the pattern.

[–] AngryishHumanoid 5 points 5 days ago

The point isn't it is on fire. The point is the roundabout way of getting it to be on fire.