grandad kit

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Dear “Tom”

Two wonderful surprises

I am you other grandfather, the one you have never met. You are three years old, and although I have never met you, I love you dearly and always will. You are my flesh and blood, and always will be. We will meet one day, I am sure. I am writing this daily "blog" to you to make up for the fact that I can't speak to you right now. I hope that one day you will be able to read this.

We all like surprises - good ones, that is - and to have two great surprises in one day is a millions-to-one chance. But that's what happened today. First there was something almost as nice, but it wasn't a surprise. This morning I went to the printers and got a copy of my new book - the first to come off the printing press. It looks good, I'm really proud of it, and it's got lots of pictures in it that I can show you one day. Now that wasn't a surprise, but the next thing was.

I'd had my tea and wa working when the doorbell rang. We have a really loud doorbell, because this is a big house. I wasn't expecting anybody, so before I opened the door I looked out through our little spy window to see who it was. Guess what, it was Nana Ann! Now I wasn't expecting her to come until Monday, and here she was, three days early. Once again she'd played a little trick on me. The reason she came early was that she'd seen the photo I sent her of our front garden ("the jungle") so she thought she's better come eraly and sort it out.

Naturally I was very pleased to see Nana Ann. I got her a cup of tea after her long journey by train and bus fromn London, and we talked together instead of our havin g our usual conversation on the telephone. While we were talking, the telephone rang. I went out into the hall to answer it and lo and behond, you will never, ever guess who it was. It was your Mam!

Now you know I've never been to see you, and the reason for that is because me and your Mam had an argument a long time ago. It was nothing to do with you - in fact it was before you were born - and this is the very first time that your Mam has rung me for a very long time. But you did have something to do with this happy event - a lot to do with it in fcat. Remember a little while agi I sent her a postcard with Thomas the Tank Engine and his freinds on it? I asked you Mam to show it to you, if you liked Thomas the Tank Engine. Well, it turns out that you do like the Thomas the Tank Engine stories, and she did show you the card that I sent. And thta is why your Mam decided to ring me after all this time.

Now this doesn't mean that we will get to see you for the first time, but I am hoping that me and your Mam will eventually make up our quarrel and then we can all be friends again. But it is far too soon to be talking about that. For the present, me and your Mam will talk on the phone from time to time. I kow you have your fourth birthday coming up soon, so that might be the occasion when we all get together - but it might be too soon. So we can only hope. But this is very good news.

That's all I can write about for the present - three lovely things happening in one day is almost too much!

Love from

Grandad Kit and Nana Ann