*leaps into past-tense*
*nessonite continued to dig for a solid hour before giving the shovel one final toss, nose first, into the dirst. At about 3 feet deep was reaching the end of the soft, sandy surface and had begun to hit clay. This depth woud have to do.
She stepped back for a moment, one hand on her hip and the other pulling the hair from her sweaty brow. She took a deep breath and admired her work. Not bad, she thought. 3 feet deep and a good 6" by 3" hole. The sides were straight, the walls solid, and even the corners were even and roughly square.
She sat at the edge of the hole, next to kimiko. She pulled her lunchbox toward her, which happened to be a cute pink Hello Kitty lunchbox WITH matching thermos. Opening it she inspected it's contents. Tuna fish sandwich on white bread, an apple, a banana, and 3 oreo cookies. Her face fell.
"Anything but tuna...and the apple is green" she sighed to herself. She took out the cookies and the banana and tried to make the best of it. Knowing that her emmense hunger would go unsatisfied took some of the joy of finishing The Hole out of the afternoon.*