The story:
(No, it's not a man singing Lady Gaga, though that does seem pretty frightening...)
If you know me, you've probably heard me tell this story a thousand times, and I swear it's all true. If not, buckle up.
When I was a little girl, about six-ish, I lived with my grandparents, who had some sort of wall-mounted cordless phone/answering machine deal. It was too high up for me to reach, so I couldn't make calls unless I got permission, but it didn't make a lot of difference, since I didn't have much for friends, anyway.
One day, out of the blue, I heard the answering machine speak. It was a man's voice- one I didn't recognize, and it spoke to me, calling me by name. Somehow, at the time, this didn't seem strange to me at all, and I grew to become friends with this voice who called himself the "telephone man." After several weeks, the telephone man advised that if I wanted our friendship to continue, I would have to be "a very good girl." I assured him that I would, and as far as I can recall, I did everything I could to stay in line and behave. But somehow, it wasn't enough. For at least a week, (I'm guessing, of course... The concept of time for a child is drastically different than that of an adult.) I heard nothing from the telephone man. Not a single word.
And then, one cold day when I was alone in the house, I heard an awful shouting from the next room where the answering machine hung on the wall. "YOU'VE BEEN A VERY BAD GIRL," it shouted, "AND I'M NEVER TALKING TO YOU AGAIN!"
It was a terrifying experience, and of course I never did hear from the telephone man again. Somewhere in my mind, I have the feeling that I may have heard a gentle sound like crying once or twice, but I can't know for sure if that bit actually happened or not.

Artist's Notes:
This is the first "painting" I've done in a long time, so obviously I'm quite rusty. Also, I know that what I painted wasn't a wall-mounted cordless phone, but I wanted it to be obvious what it was, plus I just think old fashioned phones like that look awesome.
I may have gone a bit overboard on the hair detail of the little girl... Everything else looks sort of blah in comparison, and in addition to all that, I've never been very good with painting small folk.
The phone itself, I made blurry to make it look out of focus, but I think it kind of came out looking like I half-arsed it. :/ Plus, it kind of looks like it's just floating there. Oh well...
Last thing I can think of for the moment... don't forget to look closely.
When you see it...

Edits:
BLAHHH. So, looking at it, I feel like the quality(?) got messed up when I uploaded it. Not sure how to fix that. :I Oh wellsies. Attempt to enjoy it, if you can.