[Alfie grimaces, but does his best to hide it against Royce's shoulder, because he knows he didn't mean it like that.]
Now - before that, but after the boulders, the men of the village dug a large pit into the ground for the foundation. "What are we gonna do with the dirt we're digging up, once we're done?" one wondered.
"Well," said another, "We'll have to bury it, I think, in a new pit."
That seemed like a good idea to the men, and they dug quietly until the first man had another question. "But what are we gonna do with the dirt we dig up for that?"
The second man thought a moment, but then he came up with an answer. "What we're gonna do is we're going to make a great big pit, and in that pit we'll put all the dirt from this pit we're digging for the synagogue, and all the dirt we'll dig from the pit to bury it in. We'll just need to be sure to make the second pit twice as big."
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Now - before that, but after the boulders, the men of the village dug a large pit into the ground for the foundation. "What are we gonna do with the dirt we're digging up, once we're done?" one wondered.
"Well," said another, "We'll have to bury it, I think, in a new pit."
That seemed like a good idea to the men, and they dug quietly until the first man had another question. "But what are we gonna do with the dirt we dig up for that?"
The second man thought a moment, but then he came up with an answer. "What we're gonna do is we're going to make a great big pit, and in that pit we'll put all the dirt from this pit we're digging for the synagogue, and all the dirt we'll dig from the pit to bury it in. We'll just need to be sure to make the second pit twice as big."