Anything Goes : In-between Your Ears by Michael Edward Reif

Alone in the bedroom on the second floor of the single family home in the suburbs at night in pajamas lying on his belly and looking out of the window at the rain for the last hour he wandered when it would stop as he fell asleep. A flash of lightning and explosive thunder caught him off guard and made him run the few steps to the window to see the damage. As the smoke cleared the Morton Salt Girl was standing there on the street down below. A dream come true.