CHAPTER 3

An Uncle?!

The children opened the front door and let Mr. Doe in. "Thank you children," he said. "I have the second page. It says…" Mr. Doe stopped. "Oh, I forgot my manners. Children, would it be alright if I used your father's office room again?"

"Yes! Of course!" said the children, excited about what the will said.

"Alright." Mr. Doe walked up to the office again and sat behind the desk yet again. The children sat down, Rose still holding Moony.

"Children, the will says…"

Our children must be cared after and the bills must be paid by their closest living relative until Rose comes of age.

"Closest living relative?" asked Rose.

"Yes, the relative that lives closest to you must look after you. Did you think you were going to live here on your own?"

"Who's taking care of us?" asked Klaun.

"Why, your uncle," said Mr. Doe. "Count Alof. He just lives down the road a bit, near the city."

"I don't think that's what 'closest living relative' is supposed to mean. And we never heard of ever having an uncle" said Klaun.

"Well I'm sorry children, but he's already been called and can't wait to meet you. He hasn't seen any of you since Rose was a little baby. He's going to be so happy." Mr. Doe put the two pages of the will in his coat pocket. "Alright, pack your bags children, it's time to go."

"What?" said the children. "Where?"

"To your uncle's house of course."

"But we still want to live here! We love this place!" said Klaun.

"Well, how about this then, you move in to Count Alof's house, and if you want to come back to your own house, you can go back and Alof can move in with you."

"No." screamed Moony. "No, no, no no, NOOOOO!"

"Um… agreed?" said her siblings.

"Alright. Alright. You can stay here. Your uncle can move in here and live with you and look after you and pay the bills."

"But your notebook says that the money for the bills will be paid from the bank." said Klaun.

"You've been reading it? Anyway, I wrote that note before I read the second page of the will. Now, will you be alright till I get Count Alof over here?"

After that long conversation with Mr. Doe, the orphans were too tired to look at the rooms they had been banned from before their parents died. So they sat in the TV room watching a movie for an hour or so. When the movie ended, there came a knock at the door. They sat straight and went to answer it. Mr. Doe was there. "Hello, children. Your uncle is here." He moved over and revealed a long, thin man dressed in black. He had white hair with a big bald spot on the head. His chin was pointed and his face wrinkly and pointed. He was a complete stranger.

"Hello, children. Oh, Rose, I hadn't seen you since you were a tiny baby. Klaun, I heard so much about you. And you must be Moony!"

"No, I'm Klaun."

"Horribly sorry. This little baby must be Moony, and this boy must be Klaun. Oh, you're all so sweet. I know I'm going to have a wonderful time with you all."

The children thought they were going to be sick. "Well, you all must take me on a short tour of the place, then we can have some dinner, and I'm sure you're all tired, so you can go to bed afterwards."

Vomit.

"So, Mr. Doe, I'm sure you must get to work now. I hope you have a nice day."

Vomit. Spew.

After Mr. Doe left, Alof clapped his hands together and said, "Right! Let's get going!"

Vomit. Spew. Ralph.