Before rising, I heard the ground pounded outside and thought that an excavator might be working at the rubbish heap nearby. Soon I saw its lifted large arm beyond the yard wall of my neighbor at the east end.

早聞撞地意掘坑，俄見巨臂擎空中。

Later when I went out to dump the waste, I found the frozen garbage pile had been gone and a deep hole appeared at the spot.

及至庭外棄垃圾， 冰丘已去現污井。