As I have told Uncle Martin himself was a surprise for all of our family. His letter arrived in the afternoon and children started to argue about the stuff they could take along with them when leaving home. They brought heavy suitcases and opened them to be ready for packing. They were talking of what toys would be taken with them to villa. My younger brother Tim wanted to have his Teddy-bear close to him and, of course, he was ready to ride a bike but mother didn’t like this idea. Nobody could imagine how the villa looked like in reality. My elder sister Mary was worried and anxious about bathing suits and hats for going in for swimming. She dreamt to lie in the sun and suntan every day in order to have beautiful skin complexion. Mary thought villa to be a wonderful house on the seaside with exotic flowers and a swimming pool. Birds are singing around and waves are braking along the banks. As far as I am concerned, I was eager to see colorful fish, crabs and other sea animals under the water. I like to watch sea life – it seems magic and secret to me. However our parents are keeping silence – they didn’t say a word since the letter had come. But kids are kids and they took everything for granted – none of us paid any attention to their strange behavior. Uncle Martin was mother’s brother but she didn’t see him for about ten years. Probably she was frightened of hearing from him unexpectedly and didn’t know what to think of him and how to behave all in all. Father’s cousins recommended against visiting Uncle Martin because the latter didn’t let them know for a long time. Parents were definitely embarrassed with such a situation..
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