Better Left Unseen

Breakfast at 5:15 A.M. means turning the whistling tea kettle on, but stifling its alert with an inserted spoon.  No one needs to be warned that early in the morning. Take the milk carton out of the fridge and unscrew the little top, and leave it beside the carton on the counter until breakfast is over, only a matter of 15 minutes or so.  Open the cabinet and take out a bowl for the Rice Krispies, and leave the cabinet door open, again until the end of the meal.  Put 2 slices of bread into the toaster, and then slice exactly one-half of a banana onto the cereal.  When the toast pops up, hold it in your hand while buttering it, leaving a crop circle of small light brown crumbs on the counter, invisible at that hour in the morning, only later to be revealed.  Eat, put away the milk, close the cupboard door.  The time is 5:30.