Once There Were Giants by Martin Waddell - So who exactly is Uncle Tom?

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Do you think he's a real uncle or more of an "uncle"?

Don't - just thinking about this book makes me cry! And whatever you do, don't mention The Big Big Sea, or In the Middle of the Night - oe I will be inconsolable!

I know it chokes me too - I'm pregnant so I'm blaming it on hormones. But I would like to know the story behind the possible love triangle....