My Cookie Monster

     Ok, so you might be thinking that I've gone nuts from the title of this post. But I haven't!

     Cookie Monster is an orange puffle! His full name is Cookie Monster, but everyone calls him Cookie. On the day I got him in San Antonio, May 18, 2011, he was very hyper, and didn't know much. Here is a conversation between us when we passed Mustang's house on the way home.

"Say hi to Mustang!" Nana said
"Hi to Mustang! Who's that?" Cookie immediately replied.
"My best friend." I answered.
"Oh! Do I get to meet her? When?"
"Yes, Cookie, you will meet her tomorrow."
"Oh. When's that?"
"When the sun-"
"What's THAT? The sun?"
"The bright thing."
"Oh."
"When it goes away and the sky-"
"What's the sky?"
"The big thing in the air."
"Oh."
"When the sky turns black."
"What is black?"
"The color of the road." I reply showing him the pavement.
"Oh! So we get to drive in the sky?"
"No, just the color is the same."
"Aw, man!"

Next day:
"So do I get to meet her right now? Huh?" Cookie is very impatient.
"No, in a couple of hours."
"What are hours?"
"You see the clock?"
"Yeah...."
"You see that it says 9:59?"
"Uh-huh...."
"Keep watching.."
"Wow! It changed! Now it says 10:00!"
"Yes. An hour is 60 minutes, and when it is 12:00, we will go to Mustang's house and you will meet her."
"Yeah!!!"

      So, as you can see, he is very inquisitive. He has learned, in his one year, a lot, like the meaning of 'ice cream'.
"Ice cream? NUMMY!"
 Darn! He heard me say i-c-e c-r-e-a-m! Anyway, he has also learned all about trees: "Trees are high. They taste like a piece of wood, and climbing one is really scary. Unless you are promised ice cream. Then, climb the tree at all possible chances! ICE CREAM!!!!!"

     He has learned about spy phones, and how to change the "Please leave message after the beep" yadda yadda. " BEEP! If you want me to eat the phone, press 1. If you want me to eat the phone, press 2. If you want me to eat the phone, press 3. If you want me to eat the phone, press 4. If you want me to eat the phone, press 5. If you want me to eat the phone, press 6. If you want me to eat the phone, press 7. If you want me to eat the phone, press 8. If you want me to eat the phone, press 9. If you want me to the phone AND a bowl of ice cream, press 0. If you don't want me to eat the phone, tough luck."

     He has learned about other puffles: "They are good playmates, but one of them told me that the entire universe is not only food! I still don't believe him."

     He is SO silly! But I wouldn't trade him for anyone!