Make a phone call

It's midnight. My cell phone starts to ring. It's a number I don't know, but I answer anyway.

"Hello? Who's calling?" "Is that Pizza Palace?" No, it's a wrong number. "Oh, sorry!" he says.

Now I'm awake and hungry. I dial Pizza Palace myself. It rings and rings, but nobody answers. So I hang up and eat cereal.

Hi, Mr. Aydin? It's Daniel. Can I talk to Maya, please? Oh, she's on the phone. Again!

Okay. Can I leave a message, then? Hold on, I need a pen... Right. Please tell her the answer to question five is C.

No, wait. It's B! Or maybe it's A. Tell her to call me. I'm not on the phone, I promise. I'm only doing homework.

Mom? Are you there? I'm on the subway, and the signal is terrible. It's a video call, but your face is a big square.

You're breaking up! Speak up, please! What? Pasta for dinner? Yes, great.

Now we're in a tunnel. I can't hear anything. I'll text you in five minutes, Mom. Say hi to Dad!

Grandma finally manages to get through on a video call. "Can you hear me?" she shouts. "Yes, Grandma, everybody can hear you!"

I put her on speaker, so the whole family can listen. But Dad is eating potato chips very loudly. Mute, Dad! Mute!

My phone is almost dead, so I look for my charger. Then Grandma says, "Turn up the volume!" She wants to hear the chips.

I've got three missed calls from Dad. I call him back. No answer. Then I get a text message: "Is this a good time? Call me."

I try again. "Dad, you called me!" "I did? Oh, it's the new cell phone. And the ringtone is a chicken. I can't turn it off."

"Dad, press the red button." "The chicken is gone! You're a genius. Talk to you soon!"