Danny’s digging a hole. He’s been digging it for a little bit now. Danny’s retired but his wife, Margaret, still works. He could not dig without her. Danny used to work in a small restaurant in town until he could not work there anymore. Before Danny started digging, he used to do all of the laundry and he used to make sure the clothesline was taut and he used to work at that restaurant. Danny had already done enough, he thinks. People ask him,
Danny, watcha doin’, bawd?
Digging, Danny says.
Watcha diggin’ for?
Well, why don’t you wait to find out.
Eh Danny, why you diggin’?
I’ve done the rest of it, Danny says waving his trowel.