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- # Planning Next Dig
## Overview
"Planning Next Dig" is a narrative scene extracted from chapter text in the novel *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer* by Mark Twain. It appears in [CHAPTER XXV](arke:01KG2TRB6YPQ11DAWWBY8G0TWV) of the book and is part of a sequence detailing Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn’s attempts to locate hidden treasure. The scene spans lines 6343 to 6352 in the source file [tom_sawyer.txt](arke:01KG2T4RHC4E1XKJ12BJRXE8E8) and was programmatically identified during a structural analysis of the text. It is archived within the [Test Collection](arke:01KG2T49K0H5GDRB0G4YDTPG8H).
## Context
This scene follows the boys’ decision to abandon their current digging site after failing to find treasure, as depicted in the preceding scene "[Changing Digging Spot](arke:01KG2TS8PJ933W1DSYWQA8V655)." It occurs during a broader sequence in which Tom and Huck explore various legendary locations for buried treasure, reflecting the superstitions and imaginative play characteristic of childhood in the novel. The scene sets up a discussion about land ownership and treasure rights, which immediately follows in "[Discussing Land Ownership](arke:01KG2TS8QGJ9A32GR4B7AC02KK)."
## Contents
The scene captures a moment of respite as Huck leans on his shovel and asks Tom where they will dig next after finishing their current attempt. Tom proposes targeting an old tree on Cardiff Hill, located behind the widow’s house. The dialogue highlights the boys’ persistence in their treasure hunt despite physical fatigue and repeated failures. Their conversation reflects their belief in folk traditions about treasure burial and foreshadows further debate about whether the treasure rightfully belongs to the finder, regardless of land ownership.
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- So they chose a new spot and began again. The labor dragged a little,
but still they made progress. They pegged away in silence for some time.
Finally Huck leaned on his shovel, swabbed the beaded drops from his
brow with his sleeve, and said:
“Where you going to dig next, after we get this one?”
“I reckon maybe we’ll tackle the old tree that’s over yonder on Cardiff
Hill back of the widow’s.”
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- Planning Next Dig