“How come you don’t have a name? How come everyone just calls you Uncle?”
“Well little lady Violet, I do have a name it is Tom but everyone calls me uncle or brother because your grandma, my mother started it and it just stuck. And besides there is already a famous Uncle Tom so I think just uncle suits me just fine. Now I bought you something, do you want it now or later?”
“Now, I want it now!” She could not wait to see what it was because Uncle always bought the best gifts. Her mother was coming from the spare room where she had been settling their things and asked what was going on.
“Oh I bought Violet a gift, and was wondering if she would like it now or later, and before you start to pout you should know I got you something too.”
“You did, did you? Well then by all means lets see these gifts!” They were all laughing now. “You two sit down at the table and let me get them, sure hope you like them now after all of this.”
“We will!” Violet was so excited and sure that they would. He went into the kitchen and opened a cupboard and pulled out two small boxes. Both were wrapped in pretty paper, one had little daisy’s on it and the other violet’s; he brought them over to the table and asked Violet “which one do you think is yours?”
“The one with the violet’s on it!”
“Yep that is right and as for you Annie, I think we will have to call you Daisy now, since yours has the daisy’s on it.”
“No we will not” her mother replied firmly but with a smile.
“Well open them already, see what they are.”
The exchanged a smile and a look and then both quickly opened the boxes. Inside there was a small paper, kinda like a ticket and nothing else; Violet was very puzzled and looked at her mother to see what she had opened. In her mother’s box there were two of the papers and her mother looked very happy.
“Violet do you know what these are?”
“No?”
“They are tickets for tonight, the three of us are going to go see a play! A real play, a theater play oh Tom, thank you, thank you so much. “ Her mother looked like she might cry as she jumped out of the chair and ran to her brother, throwing her arms about his neck and giving him a big hug.
Tom was laughing and said “No worry Violet, you will like the gift a lot more once you see what it really is, but now we need to get ready and go shopping because I want to buy you each a special dress for tonight, my treat!” ©
