Just What I Always Wanted ! !

To this day, my brother Bob and my sister-in-law Sharon may deny that they told Bobby to be excited when he opened the Christmas present, no matter what it was. As parents, we probably all do this because we don’t want people to be disappointed in the reaction they see to a gift given in love.

Grandpa and Grandma Jewell realized that they had failed to put batteries into the toy car they had purchased for their oldest grandson, Bobby, Jr. Someone suggested that they just have them ready to give to him when he opened his gift, but Grandma decided to wrap them separately and he would have two presents to open.

Unfortunately, for some reason, Bobby decided to open the wrong present first. I’m sure he must have been puzzled at the sight, but he had been taught well.

“Batteries, batteries, just what I’ve always wanted, batteries!!” he screamed as he danced around the room. His joy seemed real. Maybe his parents never gave him batteries.

I wonder!!