obtained something that can possibly harm others or produce better work for the camp. Another item that Shukhov has is his trowel and like the spoon he hides away the trowel until it is of some use. "Shukhov had fooled the man in the tool-store and pocketed the best trowel; and now he kept it hidden in a different place every evening, and every morning, if he was put to laying blocks, he recovered it." This made Shukhov an individual among all the other prisoners who never knew what kind of trowel they would have to work with.
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