Please, can anyone give me a step-by-step guide to creating a simple gif animation image?

"Please, can anyone give me a step-by-step guide to creating a simple gif animation image?"

Not very likely, unless you tell us what program you are using. When you don't, it cannot get much better than:

Step 1) Create the frames that will be part of the animation.
Step 2) Use whatever command that will make your animation program assemble them.

Thanks. Sorry I didn't mention what program. Is it possible to do it with either ms paintbrush or macromedia fireworks?