The tractor driver was digging the ground near the river when, all of a sudden, the plow struck something hard. When the man pulled up his discovery, he was stunned by what he saw.
In summer, the wells dried up, and in winter, ice clogged the old pipes, forcing families to melt snow just to survive.
After years of complaints, the government finally decided to bring running water to the village. To do this, pipes needed to be laid from the river all the way to the houses.
They hired an experienced tractor driver for the job—a hardworking, patient man who could handle machinery even under the harshest conditions.
From morning until late at night, his tractor roared along the riverbank, digging trenches. Rain, wind, cold—nothing stopped him.
But one day, around noon, the tractor’s plow suddenly screeched against something solid with a metallic sound.
The machine jolted, the engine stalled, and from the earth stuck out a rusted piece of heavy chain.
The driver frowned. At first, he thought it was just old junk, but when he tried to pull it free, he realized the chain went deep into the ground.
He hooked it up to a cable and revved the engine to full power. The wheels spun, the ground shook, and slowly the chain began to give way, as if something massive was buried beneath the soil.
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