Branch wandered through the woods and found a rock laid back against the hill. This is the perfect spot to begin. He shrugged off his backpack and took out his shovels. First he used the big shovel until he got so deep that he had to climb in to finish the hole. He made the first hole big enough for the entrance. He took out the smaller shovel and tried to hurry up and dig a bigger hole for the elevator but just as he was about to dig he heard yelling. What the-Branch looked behind him. It was Benjamin. Oh no.

Branch climbed out and covered the hole with a large rock.

"What are you doing?"

"Just playing in some dirt. What do you want?"

"I'm not the one who wants you. It's mom who wants you to come back home."

"If I harm you right now for that attitude you think I'm wrong right?"

Benjamin rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Just hurry up and get your supplies and get out of here."

"Since you want to be snarky you can help me."

"I don't have to do boo. You made that hole by yourself, you can get your supplies together by yourself."

Benjamin braced himself for Branch to tackle him to start a fight but instead Branch gathered his supplies and shoved them in his backpack.

"Come on," he sneered as he pushed past Benjamin.

"Explain to me how are we going to get out?"

"We're going to have to wall jump."

"Oh great."

Branch jumped on one side of the wall to the other side until he got to the top. "You coming slow poke?"

Benjamin wall jumped after Branch and scrambled out of the hole as he neared the top.

"Are you going to be doing this for the rest of your life?"

"Doing what?"

"Climbing to get out of your home?"

"No. I was thinking about building an elevator."

"And what are you going to do with the pile of dirt that you turned over?"

"Why are you so concerned about how I'm going to live my life?"

"I mean do you want to live underground for the rest of your life?"

"It's my life. Why can't I live my life?"

"If you want to live with caterpoozles then be my guess."

Branch hurried up and changed the subject. "You were saying about mom?"