he also saw a huge bird that looked like a prehistoric hawk go floating between the chimneys of the old dairy building around the corner on howard street , and alternating red and blue thermals twisting over s trawford park in long , lazy ribbons , when soccer practice at fairmount grammar let out at quarter to six , a dozen or so kids came swarming into the parking lot of the red apple , where they would buy tons of pre-supper candy and bales of trading cards-football cards by this time of year , ralph supposed .