More Sayings of Buddy

Clark the Bear seems to wear a look of peculiar gratification, an aspect sort of smudgily appreciative, because Buddy can now--finally, after months of camaraderie--say his name. He pronounces it "Ph-lock."

He (Lewis, not Clark) has also learned how to string two words together, often handily pertaining to some desire of his own, such as, "Like grink (drink)," "want Ph-lock," "read book" (or "get book"). Drinks can also be specified by name as in "eh-mulk," or "ownh doosh." Water is rarely preferred, unless it comes out of his "Boff." He likes to quaff it from his tub toys, especially the Duplo blocks.