Unit 5: Week 1

It was so nice, in fact, that Eddie abandoned his view of it as purely an aesthetically pleasing hole and began trying to think of it as practical.

Even stranger, for we did not know that skunks were great diggers, he had hollowed out a huge cavern under one side, in an attempt to dig his way out of the hole.

The skunk started scratching and biting, so Eddie threw it back down in the hole, where its arrival was followed by a savage bellow from Mr. Muldoon, who, to our surprise, then came racing up the skunk ladder himself.

Even stranger, for we did not know that skunks were great diggers, he had hollowed out a huge cavern under one side, in an attempt to dig his way out of the hole.

As Eddie often pointed out, any kind of engineering feat should be screened from the eyes of the engineer's parents.

We were immensely proud of the hole, and I still don't believe I've ever seen a nicer one.

The skunk started scratching and biting, so Eddie threw it back down in the hole, where its arrival was followed by a savage bellow from Mr. Muldoon, who, to our surprise, then came racing up the skunk ladder himself.

As we approached the excavation, a familiar odor reached our nostrils.

He had apparently found an open space under the door, slipped in for a look around, and plummeted the eight feet or more to the bottom of the hole.

The skunk showed no inclination to climb it, choosing instead to hide in the cavern it had hollowed out.