He brought the canteen back to his hole. For a long time, he left it beside his hole as he continued to dig.
Then, when he was so thirsty that he could hardly stand it anymore,
he unscrewed the cap, turned the canteen over, and poured it all out onto the dirt.
He was afraid that if he’d waited another second, he might have taken a drink.
After Stanley taught Zero the final six letters of the alphabet, he taught him to write his name.
“Capital Z-e-r-o.” Zero wrote the letters as Stanley said them.
“Zero,” he said, looking at his piece of paper. His smile was too big for his face.
Stanley watched him write it over and over again. Zero Zero Zero Zero Zero Zero Zero...
In a way, it made him sad. He couldn’t help but think that a hundred times zero was still nothing.
“You know, that’s not my real name,” Zero said as they headed to the Wreck Room for dinner.
“Well, yeah,” Stanley said, “I guess I knew that.” He had never really been sure.
Everyone’s always called me Zero, even before I came here.“Oh. Okay.”
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