The Coffeemaker

It’s morning and Tom Thomas’ mother is upset about how many things she has to do at work that day! She doesn’t know how she will manage. What she needs is good cup of coffee to get her day going in the right direction. But even the coffee machine doesn’t want to cooperate, deciding it needs to run through its time consuming self-cleaning process. Frustrated, Mom hits the device and it shuts off completely. Mom is so upset she starts to cry. Tom Thomas, knowing that Simka and Masiya are hiding inside the broken coffee machine, reassures his mom that the machine will work again as long as it is treated kindly. Mom is skeptical but soon becomes a believer as the machine appears to fix itself. Mom is ecstatic when the coffeemaker brews her the fresh cup of coffee she so desperately wanted. For Mom, it looks like a miracle, and her own son like a magician. Simka is so carried away by their heroic deed she wants Mom to believe the coffeemaker can even sing “Ah, my dear Augustine” nearly giving up her secret existence to Mom in the process. But with some quick thinking Tom Thomas manages to cover Simka’s over enthusiasm and Mom leaves for work in a happy mood singing “Ah, my dear Augustine” herself!