On his way back up the mountain, Stanley had to sit down and rest several times.
It was a long, hard climb. Zero’s condition continued to improve.
Stanley slowly peeled an onion. He liked eating them one layer at a time.
The water hole was now almost as large as the holes he had dug back at Camp Green Lake.
It contained almost two feet of murky water. Stanley had dug it all himself.
Zero had offered to help, but Stanley thought it better for Zero to save his strength.
It was a lot harder to dig in water than it was in a dry lake.
Stanley was surprised that he himself hadn’t gotten sick— either from the sploosh, the dirty water, or from living on onions.
He used to get sick quite a lot back at home. Both boys were barefoot.
They had washed their socks. All their clothes were very dirty, but their socks were definitely the worst.
They didn’t dip their socks into the hole, afraid to contaminate the water.
Instead they filled the jars and poured the water over their dirty socks.
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