Ms. Pandey has been spending the last two months in Bhopal, India, along with Dumps and Mama. Last night, as she was about to embark on the journey back to Calcutta, and then to San Jose in a week, she was in a particularly chatty mood.

Dad: “Gubs, you know that you are going to Calcutta, and then next week you will be here in San Jose, right?”

Anika: “I know. But I want to fly straaaiiight to Daddy.”

True or not, that made Daddy’s day.