We have a cat named Sagwa who is just over a year old. She is still very much a kitten and often gets into things that she ought not. When I see her doing something, such as trying to steal food off your plate, I would say to her, "Hey, Missy!!!" The children have heard me say that at least a few dozen times over the past year.One day, after I uttered, "Hey, Missy!!" to Sagwa, our 4 year old daughter said, "You call her Missy, but I call her Princess." So every time thereafter, our daughter would follow my "Hey Missy" with an "I call her Princess." It was always the same, until the day our 4 year old son decided to chime in. The conversation went something like this . . .
ME: "Hey Missy!!!"
DAUGHTER: "I call her Princess!"
SON: "I call her Mike!!"
Since then, that is how the dialog went, always ending with my being puzzled by our son's choice of nickname for our little Sagwa.
