Chapter 1

Chapter 1 "A little help here!" Sugar yelled impatiently from the bottom of a hole in the yard. The hole was twice as tall as she was and three times as wide. "Hellooooooo!!" She leaned on her shovel and waited. A squirrel leaned in and dropped an acorn on her head. Sugar threw it back. "Ouch!" Dirt's face appeared at the top of the hole. "What are you doing down there, Sugar? And why are you throwing acorns at me?" "What does it look like I'm doing?" Sugar answered. "It looks like you threw an acorn at me and fell into a hole," Dirt replied, leaning in closer. "For your information, I didn't fall into this hole. I dug it myself."

"Wait a minute.... Is that one of Barbara's spoons??" asked Dirt, leaning in closer still. "Look for yourself," Sugar replied, holding the spoon close enough for Dirt to touch—and then nudging her right into the ladle. "HEY!" said Dirt as Sugar tipped her out at the bottom of the hole. "What did you do that for?" "I couldn't get out of the hole on my own, and I am one hundred percent confident that you will get us out of here." "That would have been a lot easier to do from up there!" said Dirt, brushing herself off. "Now we have to wait for Poppy or Sweetie to get us out." "I'm not going to lie," said Sugar, "my confidence just dropped to about thirty-seven percent."

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"I have an idea...," said Dirt. "Are you thinking that you climb into the spoon and I launch you out of here so you can find a rope long enough to pull me out of the hole?" "No," said Dirt. "I'm thinking if we lean the spoon at just the right angle, we might be able climb up the handle—" "HEY! Poppy!! I found them!" called Sweetie. "They're digging a hole for a pool! And there's a slide!!" Sweetie leaped into the air, and she slid down the handle of the spoon on her behind. "WHEEEEE!" "It's not a—!" yelled Sugar. Sweetie landed with a thud, flipping the spoon right out of the hole. "—pool," finished Sugar. "Wow," said Sweetie. "I thought that would be more fun. But I'm sure it will be way better when Poppy gets here with the floaties." "What?" asked Dirt and Sugar.

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"Wheeeeeeee!" Poppy's fluffy yellow body blocked the sun as he flew into the hole and landed on top of them. "Worst pool ever," mumbled Sweetie from the bottom of the pile.