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The Sea Floor
The drill touched bottom at 1215 and bit into the ocean sediment. Now we are drilling into the sea floor. From now on, there is a constant vigil. Day and night we watch the dials. Did we get a sample? Delight on the cuss. We brought up a great core of basalt, stark blue and very hard with extrusions of crystals beautiful under a magnifying glass. The scientists are guarding this core like tigers. Everyone wants a fragment as a memento. I asked for a piece and got a scowling refusal. And so I stole a piece. Then that damn chief scientist gave me a piece secretly making me feel terrible. They start