The Warden loses interest in the digging project since nothing else has been found in the area where X-Ray supposedly found the gold tube. The Warden thinks that Squid and Armpit haven't been working hard enough because she comes to check on them while Armpit is on a bathroom break and she pokes him with her pitchfork. When the poking draws blood, she tells Mr. Pendanski that he's giving the boys too much water.
The boys have dug each of the three holes into one giant hole where they're all working together. Stanley is digging when Zigzag hits him on the side of the head with a shovel, giving him a big gash. Zigzag tells him that he isn't digging in the dirt that Stanley has already dug up......
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