Jungle Adventures: Second Date

The next few days found Avirelle and the rest back out in the jungle ‘digging in the dirt’ as the annoying Zaiden would call it.  It was hot, sweaty work. As hour after hour, day after day, passed, Avi was beginning to see why Zaiden didn’t think her work was that exciting.   They really hadn’t found anything special yet and they hadn’t really gone deeper into the jungle to search out other locations to explore.

At breakfast on the third day at the field site, Avi decided to ask the professors how close they were to finishing this dig.

“Do you think we will be able to go out a little further afield and try digging in another location?”

Dr. Clement frowned and shook his head.  “No. By the time we have to leave at the end of this week, we’ll just have finished excavating this location.  Any further study will have to be done at another time with more than two weeks to spend at the site.”

Avi tried to hide her disappointment, but Clement noticed.  

“Archeology is a tedious and exacting process,” the professor admonished her. “It isn’t as glamorous or exciting as movies and television portray it.”

“I know sir.”

“If you want to do a little exploring, you’ll have another free day in town before we go.  We’ll need to bring our finds back soon and start cleaning them up and categorizing them.”

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