The cable car operator finishes his shift and drops Mrs.Sommers off at the last stop of the day. Mrs.Sommers checks to see if she left her belongings in the cable car before she departs. There was a clear, white moon on the cold rainy day. She started to walk to her house focusing in her head about what her children were going to say when she walked in. Mrs.Sommers said to herself, “What will they say when I have no gifts for them”? She ignored the question in her head and continued to walk to her house. Mrs.Sommers arrives at her home. Before she could open the door, her children come running out and hug her. With anticipation in her children's’ eyes, Mrs. Sommers orders them to go back inside, in a strict tone. The children, surprised by the angered voice, hurry inside with Mrs.Sommers who slightly pushes them inside. They all …show more content…
It seemed to the children that their mother ordered them to bed because of the time. The children hurry upstairs to their rooms and Mrs.Sommers sits down on the couch and feels regretful for her actions. Mrs. Sommers contemplates about the day and how she enjoyed all of it and how her children received none of that joy. She falls asleep and has a dream throughout the night.
Mrs.Sommers children grow up and her eldest son is in high school while the other three children are in middle school. The eldest son became a factory worker that had very hard conditions to be working there. Mrs.Sommers is working two jobs as a maid and a tailor, but her children do not know. Mrs. Sommers would go to help out her neighbors by cleaning their floors or try to help them tailor their clothes if they were too baggy and loose. One evening, Thomas noticed that his mother was not at the house and had been gone longer than before. He checked all around the house and could not find his mother so he went along the neighborhood to find her.