“It was a nice day, the second day of the fair, still cool from the night but with plenty of sunshine promising a warm afternoon. He crossed the parking lot, his short legs pumping, and paid his way into the fairgrounds. He bought a cup of coffee from a grab joint in the Coliseum, added plenty of sugar and coffee creamer, then walked up to Tiny Tot # 1 and sat on a folding stool to watch the early-morning action. Fairgrounds employees and concessionaires were moving about, carrying things, openi...ng stands, and unloading supply trucks. A street sweeper passed by, its enormous rotary brushes hissing over the asphalt. A man wearing a Minnesota State Fair windbreaker was handing out copies of the State Fair Daily News to anyone who looked as though he might be in charge of something. Tommy accepted a copy without looking at it. Years ago he had read things like that, but lately it seemed to be too much trouble. At seven o’clock he visited the doniker behind the deep- fried-zucchini joint.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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