Funny Names

At preschool yesterday a little girl was talking about her little white stuffed animal named Icing. Reminded me of some of Sebastian's names for his peluches and action figures... and other items. There's Sport, a black stuffed dog who attacks him in a hilarious manner similar to Leslie Nielson's battle with a hot towel in The Naked Gun. There's Jackie, an all-purpose name for several small stuffed animals and action figures. There's the small beige terry-cloth dog given to him in the hospital when he had surgery, whom he immediately and aptly named Zero. But my favorite came home from school the other day: It was a bean seedling in a paper cup, and he'd named it John 5.