Little Timmy, who just turned 6, never speaks.
He is always silent and all the family thinks
he’s got some kind of problem.
While all the family is enjoying Christmas evening
dinner, suddenly, little Timmy stands up and says:
“-Uncle”
All the family is speechless. They proceed to
cheer little Timmy and ask him to say something
else, but little Timmy remains silent again.
The next morning, uncle Tom is found dead in his house.
Fast forward, on next Christmas, the Thompsons
are hosting another huge family dinner, and
suddenly little Timmy stands up again:
“-Grandpa”
Family cheers, all of them except Grandpa Elliot
who remembers last years dinner, after his
grandson words doomed uncle Tom. Everyone makes
fun of it and expect little Timmy to speak up
again, but nothing more comes out his lips.
That very same night, grandpa Elliot suffers a seizure and dies.
Fast forward another year, and the Thompsons are
hosting yet another not-so-huge-this-time Christmas
dinner. Assistants are both thrilled and terrified
about if little Timmy will mark nother family member
for death. Almost at the end of the dinner, when
everyone thinks they are safe, little Timmy stands up again:
“-Dad”
The Thompsons are devastated. Mr Adam Thompson,
with a tear in his eye, proceeds to call the emergency
notary, and places everything in order. He then hugs
his family one last time, opens up the bottle of
bourbon he kept for special occasions and drinks all of it, falling asleep.
The next morning, Mr Adam Thompson wakes up
in what seems to be not his house. Warm
morning sun is bathing his tired face. Everything
is silent. Still sleepy and suffering the effects of
the hangover, he stands up and stumbles upon
some person dressed in white robes.
“-Am I in Heaven?”, he asks. “Are you an angel?”
“No sir, I am your doctor. You were lucky, you
suffered a severe alcohol intoxication, but you will be okay.”
Feeling happy to have cheated death,
Mr Adam recovers and goes back home in
a couple hours. While returning to his home, his neighbour greets him:
Hey Adam! Glad to see you recovered! Damn,
what a dreadful Christmas night! First, you suffer
that intoxication and almost die, and a couple
hours later we hear that Bob, the milkman, has
hung himself in his appartment!
