"Grandfather is a great man," the little boy argued. He was young, impressionable, and had only heard inspiring things of his grandfather since he was born. Granted, he had never met the man, but all those people could not possibly be wrong, right?

"A great man does not live in an all-but deserted, burnt town for years on end. A better term would be 'loony.'"

It was enough to send the seven-year-old running for his mother.