Dibble

Dibble is an avid agate hunter. He was so frustrated, though, when he found a perfectly fine, rather outstanding really, agate imbedded in tar on the blacktop road. He waited a life time, or nearly so, wishing he could get that agate. But, he knew it didn’t belong to him and even though no one person owns the road, it didn’t belong to him, either. And then one day, a big machine came down the road chewing up the old surface. It was followed by other machines that put down a new black top. He saw them coming and knew it was his only chance to get the black top agate. He found the best tool for the purpose and with Fran’s help, dug the agate out just in time. Some of the quartz layer broke in the process. Dibble saved those pieces, too.