Last week I had coffee with the (now seven-year-old) twins I used to babysit. Their parents were also there, and related a rather amusing anecdote. The boys' father had been reading The Sorcerer's Apprentice to them.

'Do you know what an apprentice is?' he asked.

'Of course,' replied Twin #1. 'It's Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars, Episode II.'