Uncle Lefty

This story goes with a game. It is played as follows:

The story below is read while the players of the game sit in a circle and pass an item around. It could be a prize that they play for, or it could be a token item. I am going to use a stuffed critter I got from a secret Santa gift exchange. His name is Pickles.

When the story includes the words left, right, or across, the item is passed in the appropriate direction. When the story includes the word across, I suggest that whoever has the item should throw it across the circle to another player. It doesn't have to be exactly across, unless you have obsessive-compulsive disorder! Whoever has possession of the item at the end of the story wins. I plan on having a prize box full of items for winners to choose from when I play this with my small family of four on Christmas Day. With so few participants, our reader will also participate in the circle - or does that make a square? Again, the item passed can be the prize. This general idea is not original to me. I put my own spin on it after reading a similar story written by Chanelle Joy, found here:

I plan to play this game with my family multiple times using Chanelle's story and mine. Thank you for the inspiration, Ms. Joy. Maybe I'll write yet another passing game story just for additional fun. I hope you check back to find out. Enjoy!

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My Uncle Lefty was blind in his right eye and not quite right in the head. Right when I met him, he left a great impression on me. He explained to me right away that his affliction happened right when his Christmas vacation began his sophomore year in high school.

That morning, right after breakfast, Lefty's parents left to go shopping. Lefty didn't mind being left home alone. He looked right across the field to the right of his house and watched as his parents turned right at the end of the driveway. The store they were going to was across Main Street on the right. Lefty marched right to his dad's workshop. Left, right, left, right. His plan was to make just the right Christmas gift for his mom in his dad's workshop - a rocking chair. There was plenty of wood to the left of the door, left over from when his dad made a table right after they moved to the farm. It was a right nice table.

Right away, Lefty noticed his dad's tools to the right. He thought, "I'm going to make this chair just right." He cleared the work bench across from the door. He drew up some plans that looked about right to him. He chose just the right piece of wood to start with. Right when he began using the circular saw on the first piece of wood, a wood chip flew right into Lefty's right eye. Lefty left the shop to call 911. Although he was blind in his right eye, he wasn't left with any remorse. However, Lefty never used another tool, not even a car. If he wanted to get across town, he rode his bike, right up until the day Lefty left earth because of a heart attack. Those of us left behind remember Lefty as a right nice fellow, right up until the end.

I hope you enjoyed this story and play this game with your family or friends, whether for a holiday or a birthday party.

Here’s my second one: