My Neighbor Parked On My Lawn And Faced A Priceless Surprise

At eleven-thirty, most of the street was dark and quiet. I went outside with the unhurried movements of someone doing an entirely ordinary thing, positioned the sprinklers, connected the timer, set the cycles for twenty minutes on and forty minutes off, and went back inside.

I watched the first cycle start from my bedroom window.

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