Scritch! Scratch! Thump! Thump! Thump! It sounded like someone was walking on the roof. I slowly opened my eyes and squinted at the clock. 6:30 a.m. I put on my glasses and looked up at the skylight above my bed. A black shadow appeared. Too small for a misguided roofer. Click. Click. Click. The black shadow began pecking on the skylight. A neighborhood crow had decided that it was time for me to get up. I turned over and pulled the covers over my head. I wonder how you “hit the snooze button” on a crow.
