I wouldn't want a phone that was smarter than me.

Very cute story. I was a little put off by the bedtime-story feel to it until I found out that, indeed, it was a bedtime story!. In that case, it's quite wonderful (in the literal sense of the word).

Poor great-grandpa Clark! Why didn't he just say something like, "That's a code name I use to answer this phone." It would have been true! But, then, it wouldn't have made such a sweet story for the little guy (whom I envisioned to be about four, but my kids were always brilliant).

I think it should play the Mos Eisley cantina theme when it rings. (You can find it here.)

A possible sequel? Wonderful news! I shall read it with wonder in my heart and childish awe in my mind.


Life isn't a support system for writing. It's the other way around.

- Stephen King, from On Writing