Carole told Lisa the following morning. The two of them were sitting at the breakfast table. Carole was eating a bowl of cereal. Lisa was having toast and a glass of juice. Normally Mrs. Atwood made breakfast for the family. This morning, however, both Lisa and Carole had awakened very early. It wasn’t even seven o’clock yet, and they were both dressed and hungry. “I guess she really was tired yesterday,” said Lisa, sipping her orange juice. “Just like we may be tonight because of getting up so early! Say, what woke you up?” Carole asked. “Oh, I guess my determination to follow through on my new plan,” said Lisa. “I’m excited about it. It’s so daring! Anyway, I want to get to school early so that I can do some work in the computer lab.” “Oh,” said Carole. Then she thought that in the whole wide world, it would only be Lisa Atwood who would need to get to school extra early in order to get a poor grade. Carole decided to keep that thought to herself. “Well, as long as you’re leaving early, I’ll leave with you,”
