h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

*walks in*

*misses jerms, and so true to her word has come to visit his smiley zoo*

hmm... i know its not a petting zoo... but i wonder if jerms would mind if i just went and pet a few of the smileys...

*looks longingly at the giraffe*

There's a giraffe smiley?!!!!

mmmm... well no... there isnt actually one... but i invented it for myself so that i could admire it, and then go pat it when you're not here....

can i pat the giraffe? even if this isnt a petting zoo? ...please?

Of course! All the smileys are friendly and housetrained... watch out for the though, he's a bit of a cheeky terror when it comes to feeding time...

I was going to update my intro to say that it was a smiley petting zoo, but I forgot and ran out of time. Sorry.

Pity there's no , but I've discovered there's a smiley of some kind... I wonder how many other smileys have escaped!

theres a
*ponders how to go about petting that*

*goes to pet the*

*looks longingly at the...you know how it is.... as soon as you cant do something you immideately want to..*

Oh you can pet him... just don't take any guff.

oh, ok!

*walks up timidly and begins to pet the *

*the starts purring, and playfully tries to claw Arisztid's hand*

Oy! Little blighter.

Try scratching him behind the ears, hun, He likes that.

*smiles and begins to scratch the behind the ears, as she does so often wiht her cat*

thanks for letting me pet him jerms

My pleasure!

*the is still trying to swat at Arisztid's hand, but it's having some trouble concentrating... the 's hand just sort of slows to a stop in midair... and he starts going crosseyed...*

*pulls her hand away and looks concerned*

oh dear!!! do you think hes all right jerms????

*The looks up and pouts, then grabs Arisztid's hand and puts it back on his head.*

Yep. He's fine!

oh good!

*continues sctaching the monster behind the ears, and patting his head*

*the starts purring again*

*laughs softly*
aww... its so cute!

*turns to jerms, but continues patting the monster*

does it have a name?

Um. Haven't thought of one, yet. Any ideas?

hmm... a name for a
i'm not sure, hes so cute and i wouldnt want to emotionally scar him by naming him something that the other would make fum of him for.....
what do you think?

Hmm... maybe google can help...
http://www.lavasurfer.com/godzilla/topher-zilla-names.html
...I like the sound of 'Minya'...

or maybe 'Teso', from http://www.svatopluk.com/rm2k/sites/monsters/kikuno.stm
"Teso: Iron Mouse. This is something from Buddhist tradition, especially connected with the Mitsui temple in Shiga prefecture."

hmm... i prefer teso out of the two of them.

*looks at the *

well what do you think?

*the looks up at Arisztid and squeaks in a baby-monster-attempting-to-roar kind of way.*

Well little Iron Mouse I think you have a name.