On the F train:

Mom:  Do you know what today is?

Little Girl:  My bithday day!

Mom:  That’s right.  And because you’ve been such a good girl and you’ve been responsible with your guinea pig — you’ve fed him and played with him and cleaned his cage — we have decided to get you what you really wanted.  Do you remember what you really wanted?

Little Girl:  ….no…

Mom (whips out a stuffed puppy):  Woof woof woof!

Little Girl:  Doggy!

Mom: What do you want to name him?

Little Girl:  MUD PUDDLES!

 *10 bucks says that four-year-old gets a real puppy she didn’t remember she wanted tonight.  Too bad for mom and the next 16 years of dog food and vet bills, the stuffed puppy would have done the trick.