Colin had forgotten he had a hankie in his pocket. It had a loose knot in one corner “Twist the edge and you won’t forget,” Grandad had instructed. Colin tried to recall why they’d had the conversation. He ran home to ask what it was he shouldn’t forget. “Honestly, John, I can’t remember,” Grandad said. Then Colin remembered: he was going to make himself a name tag to help Grandad learn which grandson he was.
Published, Paragraph Planet, July 2025
