The idea arose when Sophia’s father said her smile was more beautiful than Mona Lisa’s.

After retiring from grade school, she used her savings to go to Paris, where she wandered through the Louvre until she found it.

Staring at Leonardo’s masterpiece, she could only think, “Wow. It’s so small.”

Ran Walker is the author of sixteen books. He serves on the creative writing faculty of Hampton University in Virginia.