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In one account, cited by Grigson, the tortoise died "in consequence of the carelessness of a labourer in the garden, who, for a trifling wager, dug it up from its winter retreat, and neglected to replace it".
I guess a lot of people would have assumed it was six feet under until David Leveaux dug it up, pounded on its chest and got it upright (and, by most accounts, in vigorous health).
And as for the student who dug it up?
Butterworth buried it, but something dug it up in the night.
Your relationship is so dead they just dug it up from a car park in Leicester.
ÂElse somebody would have got in and dug it up, before now.
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Why dig it up?
You dig it up......
They bury the seed, dig it up shortly afterward, rebury it elsewhere, dig it up again.
"If you just dig it up, it's useless".
Should I dig it up now, or wait until autumn?
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