What\u2019re you doing home, Fred, wife said.<\/p>\n
\tSick of job.<\/p>\n
\tHow\u2019ll we live.<\/p>\n
\tFred didn\u2019t answer. He grabbed shovel in garage, put on work gloves, walked into back yard, and started digging. He dug fast, heaving dirt far as possible, and hole got wide and deep by sundown.<\/p>\n
\tWhat in God\u2019s name, said wife.<\/p>\n
\tFred didn\u2019t reply. He called friend on cell and asked to bring conveyor belt and attachable buckets in morning.<\/p>\n
\tAren\u2019t you hungry, Fred.<\/p>\n
\tYep.<\/p>\n
\tShe lowered ice chest full of food and drink<\/p>\n
\tEarly in morning energized Fred resumed digging. By afternoon hole was surrounded by mound high as house. Neighbors didn\u2019t call police till second afternoon when spectators gathered on mound and gazed into second-floor bedrooms.<\/p>\n
\tPolice said, Fred, come on out of there.<\/p>\n
\tHe didn\u2019t answer.<\/p>\n
\tPolice summoned firefighters, two of whom descended ladder into hole.<\/p>\n
\tHow\u2019s it going down there, boys, the captain hollered.<\/p>\n
\tThey didn\u2019t answer. They used hands to help Fred dig.<\/p>\n
\tTurn off damn conveyer belt, captain ordered. <\/p>\n
\tTwo more firefighters descended, and five men widened base all way around, piling dirt in middle. Next morning two policemen went down. They must\u2019ve helped dig, too. Those guys had to have gone somewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What\u2019re you doing home, Fred, wife said. Sick of job. How\u2019ll we live. Fred didn\u2019t answer. He grabbed shovel in garage, put on work gloves, walked into back yard, and started digging. He dug fast, heaving dirt far as possible, and hole got wide and deep by sundown. What in God\u2019s name, said wife. Fred…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[203,306,857],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n