The Graduation Gift Story

Story title: The Graduation Gift Story

About to graduate from high school, a young man from a wealthy family was anticipating his gift. It was the custom in that affluent neigbhor hood for the parents to give the graduate a new car.

   Jason and his father had spent months looking at cars, and the week before graduation they found that perfect car. Jason was certain that this car would be his son graduation night. Imagine his disappointment when, immediately following the graduation ceremony, Jason's father handed him a small, elegantly wrapped package. It must be the keys to my new car, Jason thought.
   Upon opening the gift, though, all he found was a bible with his name imprinted on the front. A Bible? He took it out, looking to find car keys in the box. Empty! Jason was so angry that he threw the Bible down and stormed out the house. His father tried to stop him, but Jason kept on running. He and his father never saw each other again.
   News of his father's death finally brought Jason home again. As he went through the possessions he was about to inherit from his father, he came across the graduation Bible. Brushing away the dust, he opened it and began idly flipping through the pages. A paper tucked inside caught his eye and he pulled out of the Bible a cashier's check, dated the day of his graduation, in the exact amount of the car he and his father had chosen.