Again the "Tap-Tap"

   A little different this time. Only 2 taps, the second slightly more emphatic than the first. And it was 5:30 a.m. I tend to  think I'm already awake when I hear those taps, though I suppose it's possible the sounds wake me up. I only know I'm wide awake at the sound. The morning was still darkish and chilly and rainy. I considered staying in bed---I'm used to it now.
   So I lay in bed for a while, a few seconds, or maybe minutes. Then the familiar scenario replays itself.   What if the "tapper" is a would-be burglar who is testing to see if anyone is awake and aware before he decides to push the door in. His tapping is kind of a courtesy call. If someone is awake and up to calling for help, maybe he would go elsewhere. (I think this scenario arises from twice before when our door was kicked open and our stuff stolen. Both times there were no cars in the driveway, but it was broad daylight. A child could have been home.  If the burglars had knocked on the door before kicking it in, might they have been deterred if there had been a response to their knock.) So I always get up and look out the window.