Two blonde girls were working for the city public works department.

>> >> >

>> >> > One would dig a hole and the other would follow behind her and

> fill

> the

>> >> > hole in. They worked up one side of the street, then down the

> other,

>> > then

>> >> > moved on to the next street, working furiously all day without

> rest,

>> >> > one

>> >> > girl

>> >> > digging a hole, the other girl filling it in again.

>> >> >

>> >> > An onlooker was amazed at their hard work, but couldn't

> understand

> what

>> >> > they were doing.

>> >> >

>> >> > So he asked the hole digger, "I'm impressed by the effort you

>> >> > two

> are

>> >> > putting into your work, but I don't get it -- why do you dig a

> hole,

>> >> > only to have your partner follow behind and fill it up again?"

>> >> >

>> >> > The hole digger wiped her brow and sighed, "Well, I suppose it

> probably

>> >> > looks odd because we're normally a three-person team. But today

> the

>> >> > girl

>> >> > who plants the trees called in sick."

>