Today Tage’s been playing an Interactive Storybook game on the Nintendo DS. He came to me a few minutes ago to show me the story he was working on, warning me that it was “a little scary.”

“Here,” he said, “listen,” and I leaned in close as the narrator told of a son’s plans to “play tricks on his sweet old mother.”

“Play tricks,” Tage repeated seriously. “That’s what you don’t never want to hear.”