Woken up by a cold bucket of water around midnight. The Queen hovered over me, grabbing my arm tightly, yelling,"Get up you lazy foolish disgrace! You have to go out and dig for my new well. The water has been contaminated, so we need something to keep it fresh and clear so I won't thirst to death!" "What about others? We're all thirsty, ma'm." She slapped me across the face awfully hard, and threw me outside along with an old rusty shovel. I ran to the area that wanted me to dig up the well, as I started digging. She watches me as I dig, sometimes with her friends, laughing, tossing hot, sticky...
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