Then we then named the kite “Baby Gal”. It was the biggest kite my brother and I had ever seen and the most beautiful. Only one thing disturbed us, was the name “Baby Gal”. Next the Kite Man said, “find some razor blades and broken old glass and bottles with sharp edges' '. With all these items procured and the kite completed; he declared “I am done now. How you all gon pay me?” Big problem for us was we had no money. While “Kite Man '' was building our kite he kept on rambling about the different people he used “Baby Gal” to slash. By then we had figured that Aunt Sybil’s boarder was the infamous murder who sliced up his victims. However, the police could never pin any definite murder on him. Hence, he would spend a short time in prison and then be released. He was also known as the New Amsterdam Butcher Man. While scratching our head he blurted out “I want Rum”!
Well Aunt Sybil had a bottle of Rum which she used for black cake and to preserve fruits. So, we raided her cupboard, poured out all her rum and replaced it with some lime swank – (lemonade made with brown sugar). We now had the best-looking kites in New Amsterdam, but feared Aunt Sybil’s border was the notorious “Kite Man” known for cutting up his victims. This knowledge lingered in our minds. That night we hardly slept a wink. Both my brother and I had constant nightmares of Kite Man creeping up and cutting us into pieces while we slept. Once upon an Easter.
Attached painting illustration for book Once Upon an Easter. Also attached art Night Lillies on sale for $150.00
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