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82-yr-old Man’s Special Present for His 6-yr-old Daughter: Part 2

How did his plans work out? How did it go? Did she remember?

Fred: Almost Famous
4 min readFeb 12, 2023
THE SPECIAL PRESENT * A CHILD-SIZE BASOTHO BLANKET FROM AFRICA * image by author

The story so far:

Last year, I wrote Part 1 of a story titled:
How an 82-yr-old man is Planning a Special Present for his 6-yr-old Daughter … Part1. It was all about the blanket above ... brought back from Lesotho in Southern Africa to the UK where I then lived.

If you haven’t read Part 1 yet, click on its title link or on the box-link below:

I strongly suggest that you do read it first, before you read this very short ‘Part 2’ story … then return to read this story afterwards.
Both are true stories.

In last year’s Part 1 story I said that my daughter Caroline (now 57 yrs old) and living in the UK, would be visiting me in Australia in January 2023.
Here’s a key quote from that Part 1 story:

“I re-discovered the child-size Basotho blanket when rummaging

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Fred: Almost Famous
Fred: Almost Famous

Written by Fred: Almost Famous

Former International Sci/Ed Advisor. Speaker, Preacher & Song Writer. See 'Index' to Story Collections near-top-of-Home-Page. Email:Fred.Almost.Famous@gmail.com

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