Who is Franky Gorky from Flash Fiction: Very Short Stories and what is their importance?

Franky Gorky, is the nicest kid in the universe. Franky is so nice that the forest animals eat out of his hands. The birds wait on the window ledge outside the boy's bedroom and will only sing when the boy wakes up. He always listens to his parents and always shares his toys and candy with the other kids in the neighborhood. Every kid who ever lived on 24th Street has heard the tale of Franky Gorky, the nicest kid in the universe.