Swimming in the Jury PoolChapter 14 Tippy Goes Too Far
I could hear the birds singing outside my window. Their song was muted more from the fact the window was not open than from the distance involved. In fact, I could see them flying on the tree limbs outside my hotel room swooping down on the bushes below to find the first worms of the day in the recently irrigated grass. I rubbed the sand from the corners of my eyes and looked at the clock on the wall. “Oh God!” It was only 5:45 AM and the cafeteria would not be open until 7:00 AM...