Staying busy while isolated

Unfortunately, time, and mildew took their toll

one of my favorite things to do as a kid was go out in the backyard and dig a trench
the i would cover up the top with wood and toss some more dirt on top for good measure and id have my very own "underground bunker"
i would snatch candles from the cellar and go in there and read my comics
of course, anything i drug out there stayed there, and sure enough, after a week or so, my comics got that peculiar smell to it...another week after that and the would start growing fuzz