Uncommon Type: Some Stories

by Tom Hanks

“Kenny Bear, I have a few things to do, then I’ll tell you about your birthday surprise, okay?” She was sliding some papers into a leather folder. “Can you sit here for a bit?” “Can I pretend this is my office and I work here?” “Sure,” she said, smiling. “Here’re some notebooks, and look, this is an electric pencil sharpener.” She showed him how to push a pencil into the opening of the machine and make the grinding noise that produced a pencil point as sharp as a sewing pin. “Don’t answer the phone if it rings.” A lady named Miss Abbott came into the office