Greer was an interesting baby. Sure, she had the usual toys.. There was a musical duck, her favorite stuffed lion, all the dolls her Papa had bought for her in a frenzy of paternal overindulgence.. But her absolute favorite was the new friend she found sitting on the counter, with the soft squishy body and a speckling of sprinkles. She called him "Dobut".

The love affair lasted a single day. Dobut was given the tour of the house, and he graciously left territorial crumbs in his wake. He did leak a tad of raspberry jam at the foot of the stairs, but Greer assured him (in incomprehensible babble) that it was nothing to be ashamed of. Later, Dobut was the guest of honor at a block party (she was out of tea) and even helped Greer to rearrange her father's bills and paperwork (they needed to be dumped out of the drawer and spread across the floor. Greer liked to be precise.) Finally, Greer introduced her most wonderful friend Dobut to her prestiged Uncle Arty. She thought they would get along well.

Arty found Dobut quite tasty. Greer never quite forgave him for it, and as a teenager, would always introduce her boyfriends to her father first.

The end. ;)