Then he’d have to make a deal with the Warden, tell her where he found Kate Barlow’s lipstick tube, and beg for mercy.
He was surprised by how far out the holes extended. He couldn’t even see the camp compound anymore, but he still kept passing holes.
Just when he thought he’d passed the last hole, he’d come across another cluster of them, a little farther away.
Back at the compound, they had dug in a systematic order, row upon row, allowing space for the water truck.
But out here there was no system. It was as if every once in a while, in a fit of frustration,
the Warden would just pick a spot at random, and say, “What the hell, dig here.”
It was like trying to guess the winning numbers in a lottery. Stanley found himself looking down into each hole he passed.
He didn’t admit to himself what he was looking for. After more than an hour had gone by,
he thought he had surely seen the last hole, but then off to the left he saw another cluster of them.
He didn’t actually see the holes. He saw the mounds of dirt that surrounded them.
He stepped over the mounds and looked into the first hole. His heart stopped.
Down at the bottom was a family of yellow-spotted lizards. Their large red eyes looked up at him.
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