The children swung shovels and buckets. Max and Ida had calculated that they had to dig about 1,000 meters. After 9 meters, Helene was already too much. She wanted to go home immediately and began to dig in a completely different direction with Karajan, to the taxi stand. After each other, Finja, Janik and Silas joined her. While the children were digging in different directions, Murphy knew his goal very well. The polar bear was right in his element. He loved the cold that was blowing around his thick fur. Finally, he could prove what was inside him. Meanwhile, eight earthlings were already sitting on the polar bear, and Ashanti was wobbling around his neck. They felt like they were on a polar expedition. Pinky watched, making sure that Mr. Morrison's cheeks were glowing. He wouldn't get sick, would he? Hopefully, he kept up to the goal. Step by step, they approached the Winterstein school. There, the children had now reached the school parking lot. Now they just had to dig down the linden alley. Karajan and Helene had noticed that they probably wouldn't drive taxis at all, so the children were all digging together again. They were now following exactly the instructions of Max and Ida. Some were shoveling the snow into the buckets, others emptied the buckets. Miss Cornfield was digging somewhere in the middle, and her strength was slowly diminishing. The night was short. She had hardly slept, worrying about her protectors. And she had hardly eaten either. Suddenly, she became dizzy.