Last night was one of the latter.
We recently got a book from Cracker's mom called "Ellie's Tea Party." Ellie loves it.
Basically it's about Ellie Funt wanting to throw a tea party and what all her friends bring to the party. For quite some time, though, I found myself not reading the entire sentences. I thought that it seemed like such an odd name to give the character, so I would only say "Ellie" and skip the "Funt".
Do you see where I'm going with this story? Can you guess what kind of character Ellie might be? Here's a picture of Ellie and her friend Witzy:
Yep. Ellie Funt is an elephant. This I knew. It's hard to look at the picture and fail to notice she's an elephant. But it wasn't until I overheard Daddy reading the book that I realized where Ellie gets her last name. Funt. Ellie Funt. Get it?
OH MY GOD. I'm such an idiot. I think I've read the book dozens of times and always thought Funt was such a stupid last name. Someone, just flick my forehead for me please.
6 comments:
haha! If you hadn't SAID this I never would have gotten it. I was like "huh, I guess "funt" is a funny-sounding name so that's why it's in a kid's book." doh!
Thank you for making me feel better!
Haha...I got it right away and even thought it was Ellie's nickname or favorite stuffed elephant! That's cute.
That would be a cute name for Ellie. I think I might steal that idea.
One of my first stuffed animals as a child was an elephant named Ellie. She was super cute. I almost always think of her still when you say Ellie. =)
My fondest memory of a stuffed animal was Eee-eee. He was my monkey. My mom used to joke that I must have known I'd become an Electrical Engineer even when I was 3! I like stuffed animal stories.
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