rain

Looking at a wooded horizon, even the keenest adult will know some difficulty picking one tree from another, but a child, a child will not even look, or think to separate the world from the sky.  

Chapter One

     "Auto-play," was, as usual, still running,* (it was nearing 6 am.), but all else was quiet; the songbirds

 seemed to have left the area and the handicapped boy that lived next door, (who provided a steady stream of "eeeeee.. eeeeee.." every morning), was not yet up and out playing on his swing-set.  Traffic noise could have been heard but that would have required some focus and closer attention to it, (as there was always traffic noise), so that if you lived anywhere on B------ Avenue, you plainly didn't hear it.

*auto-play is a feature of YouTube that allows videos to play continuously.