A story about my uncle length4/16/2023 ![]() Later, Jemima and Jeremy got up and made their own breakfast, but Jeremy didn’t eat his at the kitchen table like he was supposed to. A taxi came very early to pick up Mum and Dad and take them to the airport. Uncle Jeff arrived late on Friday night, and in the morning, when Jeremy looked out of the window he saw a red sports car parked in the drive next to Dad’s big blue estate car. I mean, if somebody asked you if somebody you knew had been to prison, you might at least try to sound a bit surprised. But he didn’t say it like he was surprised she had asked. “Or perhaps he was a pirate.” said Jeremy hopefully.īut when Jemima asked Dad if Uncle Jeff had been to prison, Dad said that no he hadn’t, at least, not as far as he knew. “I bet he is awfully wicked,” said Jemima, “because Mum really really doesn’t like him at all. Sometimes he sent cards and a ten pound note – but always at completely the wrong time of year. ![]() The children hadn’t seen him since they were very small, and Mum called him their “wicked Uncle” because he always forgot their birthdays. “Well I suppose I could ask Jeff,” said Dad.īut as it turned out, there was nobody else but Jeff to be found at such short notice. ![]() And so she couldn’t look after the kids after all. Only Aunty Jane was a bit scatterbrained, and she forgot all about her promise to look after her sister’s children, and she also arranged to go away that weekend. The children, Jeremy and Jemima, were going to stay with Aunty Jane. To celebrate, Dad was taking Mum away for a long weekend to a secret, romantic location. It was Mum and Dad’s Crystal Anniversary, which meant that they had been married for 15 years.
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