The Visit

The Visit Mother and I went to visit her uncle and his family Who lived in the outskirt of the town, we took the bus No five which took us to the posher part of the city. Mother`s uncle was a foreman at and small abattoir His speciality was the killing of sheep When he came home the whole family, they had two children Ate dinner in the kitchen, mother and I sat in the living room She was given a cup of coffee, and I got a glass of milk The uncle came into the living room and spoke to my mother He was tired he said, and I wondered how many sheep he had Killed that day blood was dripping from his hands, but I thing He gave mother some money when his wife was doing the dishes We left, and I was feeling angry without knowing why, in the hall I said have you got cats? No, we have not. I can smell cat pee, I said. Outside mother scolded me for being rude but smiled I never saw mother`s uncle again nor his snobbish wife or their Children they never visited us we lived in the wrong part Of our town