Woken up door a cold bucket of water around midnight. The Queen hovered over me, grabbing my arm tightly, yelling,"Get up u lazy foolish disgrace! u 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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