Max the Mole and the Great Tunnel Rescue

Max the mole digs alone because he is sure he is the best, and when a landslide seals Burrowby's tunnel with field mice inside, he dives in without a plan.

Team Work

In a hilly meadow called Burrowby, there lived a young mole named Max. Max was a fine digger, one of the best in the meadow, and he knew it.

"I don't need anybody's help," he liked to say, puffing out his chest. "I dig faster alone."

When Rosie the rabbit offered to help him clear a tunnel, he said, "No thanks, I'll do it myself." When Barnaby the badger suggested they plan the new burrow together, Max waved him off. "Too many diggers spoil the dirt."

Max did work quickly. But he also worked in the dark, bumped into walls, and often dug in circles, because he had never asked anyone to check his direction.

One stormy afternoon, the sky rumbled and rain poured down in sheets. Water seeped into the meadow, and the ground began to shake.

RUMBLE... CRASH!

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Max the mole digs alone because he is sure he is the best, and when a landslide seals Burrowby's tunnel with field mice inside, he dives in without a plan.

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Nimra Khan — original fiction published on RapidTale.