Share and Share Alike

Benny was excited.  All the cousins were coming to visit.  Of course, that meant Uncle Ed would be there also, but that was okay because Jenny and Tom and Pete would be there too.  Jenny, Tom, and Pete were Uncle Ed and Aunt Edna's children...Benny's cousins.  And more...almost all the aunts and uncles and cousins were coming to the pre-graduation party.

Oh, yes, the party was to celebrate his older brothers graduation from high school.

And he was going to be the ultimate host.

If the weather was nice there was a new set of horseshoes and a new croquet set.

If the weather didn't cooperate, there were board and card games.

AND....he knew where his mother hid her special chocolate candy.
          That would be the hit of the day!


Excitement grew as carloads of relatives began to arrive.


The uncles went golfing.

The aunts did last minute shopping and cooking for the following days festivities.

Older cousins and younger cousins played croquet for several hours.

 The older cousins then decided to go to the movies without the younger cousins.

"Don't worry," Benny said. "I have games and," he leaned into the group of cousins, "I know where Mom hides her best chocolates."

"Oooooohhhhh!" the cousins replied.

All the younger cousins went in the house and "shared" the best chocolates.  When they were finished, there were no chocolates left.

A little later all the cousins had stomach aches.

Which grew worse and worse.

"What have you been eating?"

Then Mom discovered all her "special"
chocolates were gone.

The cousins were very unhappy.

Mom and Dad and all the Aunts and Uncles and cousins were rolling on the floor laughing.

It was a good thing all the neighbors were home

so they could use their bathrooms.

Benny never shared Mom's "special" chocolates again, even though he was not punished (by Mom or Dad) for sharing them this one time.

"Chocolate" ex-lax for those who did not like the taste of the regulars.   :-)