Background: MICHAEL and TIMOTHY are best friends and neighbors, and have been from childhood. We enter the scene as MICHAEL is digging in his garden, where he cultivates many prized vegetables. He is kneeling, with a trowel in one hand and a pickle in the other, a small post or table with a hand-bell on it beside him.
 
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It was a bright, sunny spring morning, and Michael was working in his garden.
 
MICHAEL
I am working in my garden!
 
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