http://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=perdedor 2000-09-09T19:27:01Z http://everything2.com:80/user/perdedor/writeups/distinguished+monkeyperdedorhttp://everything2.com:80/user/perdedor2000-09-09T19:27:01Z2000-09-09T19:27:01Z <p>She ran flying by <a href="/title/my+desk">my desk</a>, chasing after her <a href="/title/mother">mother</a> who was there to meet with David, the <a href="/title/graphic+artist">graphic artist</a> who works near me in the <a href="/title/where+the+sun+don%2527t+shine">forgotten nether region</a> at the rear of our office. Initially I paid them little <a href="/title/heed">heed</a> as their presence wasn't my <a href="/title/business">business</a>, but as I proceeded to get up and go <a href="/title/corelate">corelate</a> wires with <a href="/title/schematics">schematics</a> I noticed the child's <a href="/title/stuffed+animal">stuffed animal</a> sitting on the floor.</p> <p><i>"Little girl, you dropped your doll"</i>, I had said to which she sharply turned around and proclaimed <i>"This is <a href="/title/not+a+doll">not a doll</a>, this is <a href="/title/distinguished+monkey">distinguished monkey</a>."</i>. <i>"I'm sorry"</i> I replied, gently returning distinguished <a href="/title/monkey">monkey</a> back to its <a href="/title/mature">mature</a> owner, this precious four year old asian child standing before me who had chosen a <a href="/title/respectable">respectable</a> name for her <a href="/title/beloved+companion">beloved companion</a>.</p> <p>I smiled and turned to go about <a href="/title/engineering">my business</a> but I couldn't help to think I never had <a href="/title/anything">anything</a> when I was four that I would have called distinguished, most certainly&hellip;