 Dulcy, Henry and Stanley - Mrs. Browns  sister and her husband and son - come for a visit. Henry is a computer hardware expert and as such believes that everything has a scientific explanation. Stanley is a typical boy with a vivid imagination, which Henry, with a heavy hand, tries to suppress. Stanley sees Martin s spaceship entering the garage, which he wildly exclaims to his father, who chastises him for making up lies. In Henry s mind, there are no such things as space ships or Martians. Martin feels guilty since Stanley was only telling the truth. To get Henry to be less rigid in his thought, Martin does some unexplainable trickery in Henry s view. Henry then has a better understanding of his son s way of thinking.