He started to go out the front door and she said, “No Tommy, You’re too young to go out and play alone in the front yard. I meant for you to play in the backyard where I can keep an eye on you.”
He spent the day in the back yard, only coming in for lunch and to go to the bathroom. He was glad when darkness fell, he couldn’t remember ever being so bored in his life. He ate dinner, watched TV and went to bed quietly at seven-thirty when his mother commanded. His mother was making him go to bed earlier and earlier he noticed. “She’ll probably make me take a nap tomorrow,” he thought as he slipped off to sleep.