A little boy was happily playing in the back yard of a small house

His grandfather was sitting on the porch watching over him

The boy pointed to a small gravestone

Hey grandpa please tell me again the story about this grave

The boy listened intensely as he sat on the lap of his grandfather

Well a very long time ago when I was a little boy like you

Aliens made secret visits to the planet earth

They wanted to create new lands for themselves and enslave mankind

To avoid a full scale conflict they devised a way to control everybody

The aliens were able to disguise themselves as humans

They took jobs in companies developing mobile phones

The aliens used their advanced technology to bring us smartphones

The aliens then left earth and waited for the smartphones to take over

Within a decade almost every human had a smartphone

The phones made life much easier for everybody

With a few clicks you could get directions order food or a hail taxi

People stoped talking to each other

Instead they sent messages via their cellphones

The aliens plan was working and they were watching from a distance

Hoping that humans would soon become robots controlled by smartphones

Then the aliens would make a peaceful invasion on earth

Nobody would notice because they would be too busy looking at their phones

But somebody figured out what was going on

Your grandma destroyed her cellphone and then she destroyed mine

She buried them in that grave back there

I almost killed myself trying to replace my broken phone

As I lay in that wrecked car I suddenly realized what was happening to everybody

Your grandma and I started a movement to free humans from cellphone control

We went on lecture tours and organized seminars 

People followed us and started talking again

The art of letter writing became popular 

Governments passed strict laws controlling the use of artificial intelligence

Social media companies lost all their clients and went bankrupt

Smartphones were replaced by dumb phones 

Humans regained control over their lives

The aliens gave up and looked for other planets to conquer

Laura came to the door and asked who wants home made ice cream 

I do yelled the boy as Dave carried him inside