In the book, the jaguar is likened to the flame because it crawls and jumps to different places. The squirrel is compared to smoke because it climbs the tree and jumps from branch to branch.
The smoke is compared to a squirrel as it creeps up the side of a tree and then seemed to jump to a branch on another tree.The flame is compared to a jaguar, as it looked like it was creeping along on its belly and hopping out to different places.
