I was at the playground with Little Z today again, and this little girl about her age- maybe 2.5 years - was carrying around a rag doll. She had been playing near us for some time, and just to be friendly, I asked,
"Does your dolly have a name?"
(This, to me, is a valid question, because Little Z does not name her dolls. She calls them all, "Baby" - except for Pink Monkey, who is, of course, a monkey.) The little girl looked up at me with no trace of a positive emotion and said, in perfectly articulated English,
"Yes, my dolly has a name." She then sauntered off to the slide.
mine don't name dolls either. it is very strange to me. I didn't care for dolls but all my stuffed animals had names.
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they should sell those.
What? People don't name their dolls and bears?
ReplyDeleteI had two pigs called Camilla and Arabella, Laura the Rabbit, Pounce the Lion, Naw-nee the seal, Snoopy Dog. I also had one of those ugly newborn dolls that was one smear of yoghurt and jam away from realism. I forget her name but she had a birth certificate to fill in. (See, it's like writing a shopping list- you don't use your memory and you don't learn).