spaceship mural

I was commissioned to paint a mural in a large attic room used as a playroom for children. I  painted the main room as the interior of a 1960s spaceship, with the small adjoining bedroom as the computer room. I hoped that the children would like it; if the children were happy, the clients would be. But when it was finished I could tell that the clients, though too kind to say anything, were disappointed. A fortnight later they were happier; they phoned me to say that the first batch of children had arrived, gone upstairs, and stayed in the room all day, refusing to come down even for lunch.