Snippet #1693974

Don broke out of a sound sleep by the sound of the scream, popping up into a full sitting position he listened further, "Did I just hear someone scream, or was it a dream" Don thought to himself. After a second or two it came to him -THE HOLE. Within a matter of a seconds after the realization that someone, possibly his daughter, had fallen into the immense hole, Don had jumped out of bed and came running into Sue's room. "Sue! where are you baby, are you hurt? Talk to me sweetie, please answer" No response came. Don immediately run to the edge of the hole and called down into it, "Sue! Are you down there?" After he once again failed to receive an answer from his daughter he left the bedroom and ran into the kitchen, looking under the sink Don grabbed the flashlight. Once back in Sue's room he knelt beside the hole and then shined the flashlight down into the darkness. It was far too deep for the light to reach all the way down to the floor of the pit, at best it could illuminate only about 50 feet, or less. Frantically looking around him Don saw a rope that one of the construction workers had brought, the rope was of good quality, strong and thick, and hopefully long enough to reach to the point where the digging had stopped. Don then tied one end of the rope to a 4 foot steel spike and then he drove it into the ground near the edge of the hole, until it was about 3 feet into the earth, this was as deep as he could get it manually. Grabbing a nearby sledge hammer Don pounded the spike into the ground even further, the spike was now sticking about 5 feet into the ground, he then tossed the rope into the pit. Don braced himself against the wall of the hole with his feet and then like a mountain climber he lowered himself down into the dark hole. When Don was about 6 six into the hole he looked up and saw his son Brian standing over the hole, looking down at Don with an odd expression. Don stopped climbing and watched his son, Brian suddenly produced an Axe from behind his back and to Don's horror he began to chop at the rope, on his very first swing Brian had managed to cut the rope. An expression of confusion and fear flashed across Don's face as he fell backward into the hole, with a loud thud he hit the bottom. Brian dropped the Axe and walked away.