Francis Gay

Each week, Francis Gay shares heart-warming, moving and humorous stories from his daily diary. 

Soaking wet Mum just had to laugh

LITTLE Elliot is a typical two-year-old, always climbing on furniture or trying to stick chalk in the DVD player and the like.

More recently he’s developed a fondness for playing with keys.

His mum Karen told me how she discovered this to her cost the other day. She was in the living room when it started raining so she dashed outside to bring her washing in.

Unfortunately, she completely forgot to take the conservatory key with her after she’d opened it . . . and next thing she knew she heard the door closing behind her.

Angelic

Turning around, she saw her angelic little boy, faced pressed against the door, a naughty glint in his eye. Yes, he’d locked her out.

Elliot, warm and dry inside, gave her his best cheeky grin. Going through the garage to get to the front door was out of the question as it was locked. Karen was trapped — and getting soaked.

She pleaded with Elliot to turn the key. But her appeals fell on deaf ears.

After what seemed like an age, the mischievous tot finally reached up and, after much cajoling from Mum, turned the key in the lock. 

A relieved Karen burst in, absolutely soaked to the skin. She was about to give her cheeky toddler a flea in his ear, when he looked up at her and smiled sweetly.

All Karen could do was burst out laughing. She may have been sodden, but at least she has a funny tale to tell — and her lad is no less lovely for being a little monkey!

Dennis DOESN’T go to funerals, preferring to remember the departed in his own way. But recently a man he vaguely knew died.

He was a quiet chap who often sat peacefully with his beloved pint of stout at Dennis’s local. But he spoke to those he knew and was always ready to stand his round.

Nobody knew if he had any family, so Dennis decided he’d go to make sure his passing didn’t go unmarked. 

The service was held at the graveside in a blizzard. Yet there were well over 40 people there — among them Dennis and many others he’d encouraged to come along. 

The snowbound send-off was a moving testament to how caring people can be, even for those they barely know.

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