It Horn-ts Her To This Day

(I’m about three years old, and am obsessed with animals. Mammals, fish, birds, insects, I’m obsessed with them all. I add ‘-y’ to the type of animal, i.e. doggy, kitty, birdy, fishy. I’m in the backyard, ‘playing’ with a hornet. The hornet flies away, and I become upset and chase it.)

Me: “Come back, Horny! Horny!”

(25 years later, my mother still bursts into uncontrollable laughter.)