Filling in the Gaping Holes

by lanna710

Do you ever wonder what happened to the boys in D tent after the Warden and Mr. Sir were put in jail? Yeah, me too. So one random day I decided that since Louis Sachar didn’t write another book. I would. not a whole book.just a short story. so here it i

4. Chapter 4

Chapter 4

The first hole

The girls were told that they were to start digging with the D tent boys, because Mr. Man didn't think there was any harm in letting the girls do some work before their bus came back. After all...they had done something to get sent to the camp in the first place, even if it had turned out to be a mistake.

As they started walking out to the holes it was hard enough for the girls just to carry their shovels. Mandy couldn't figure out the easiest way to hold it, Hannah couldn't avoid the splinters in her shovel, and Katie ended up just dragging hers in the dust and dirt. When they finally got to the holes, there were several arguments as to who was to dig where between the boys. In the end, however, Magnet dug by Mandy, Zigzag by Hannah, and Twitch dug by Katie. As the sun rose and the heat beat down the girls were wearing out quicker than the boys thought. Mandy's hands had already started bleeding by the time Mr. Pendanski came around for the first water break, and Magnet had to help her out of her hole. Hannah and Katie weren't much better, but Katie wouldn't let Twitch help her. By the time half the boys had finished, the girls had only managed to dig about three feet each. More time passed and now the girls were at four feet, but there was practically no one around. There were only three boys left.

"Hey, Katie?" Hannah barely managed to gasp. "How...is...your...hole?"

Katie stopped and wiped her forehead with her sleeve. "I don't...know." She stopped again and measured her hole with her shovel. "About half...a foot left."

Finally when the last chunk of dirt had been thrown out, the girls climbed out of their holes by jumping and grabbing the side of the hole. It was easier for Katie and Mandy so after they climbed out they went over to Hannah's hole and pulled her out. They fell out in a pile and landed in a dirt pile tired and dirty, but happy that they had completed their first hole.

Standing up the three girls noticed the boys standing over by another hole, watching them with lop-sided grins.

"Ready to go back to camp?" Twitch asked, although he knew the answer.