They didn't have time for that. “I'm going to try to dig a hole underneath it,” he said.
“Then maybe I can pull it down and slip it out.” “Go for it,” said Zero.
Stanley jammed the shovel into the bottom edge of his hole, and carefully began to dig a tunnel underneath the metal object.
He hoped it didn't cave in. Occasionally he'd stop, stoop down, and try to feel the far end of the box.
But even when the tunnel was as long as his arm, he still couldn't feel the other side.
Once again he tried pulling it out, but it was firmly in the ground. If he pulled too hard, he feared, he'd cause a cave-in.
He knew that when he was ready to pull it out, he would have to do it quickly, before the ground above it collapsed.
As his tunnel grew deeper and wider— and more precarious— Stanley was able to feel latches on one end of the box, and then a leather handle.
It wasn't really a box. “I think it might be some kind of metal suitcase,” he told Zero.
“Can you pry it loose with the shovel?” Zero suggested. “I'm afraid the side of the hole will collapse.”
“You might as well give it a try,” said Zero. Stanley took a sip of water. “Might as well,” he said.
He forced the tip of the shovel between the dirt and the top of the metal case and tried to wedge it free.
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