“I'm going to try to refill the water jars,” he said. Stanley took a deep breath and exhaled.
“Be careful,” he said, then continued digging. It was so dark, he couldn't even see the end of his shovel.
For all he knew he could be digging up gold and diamonds instead of dirt.
He brought each shovelful close to his face, to try to see if anything was there, before dumping it out of the hole.
As he made the hole deeper, it became harder to lift the dirt up and out.
It was five feet deep before he even started. He decided to use his efforts to make it wider instead.
This made more sense, he told himself. If Kate Barlow had buried a treasure chest,
she probably wouldn't have been able to dig much deeper, so why should he?
Of course, Kate Barlow probably had a whole gang of thieves helping her.
“You want some breakfast?” Stanley jumped at the sound of Zero's voice.
He hadn't heard him approach. Zero handed down a box of cereal. Stanley carefully poured some cereal into his mouth.
He didn't want to put his dirty hands inside the box. He nearly gagged on the ultra-sweet taste.
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