My dad has a dental assistant named Jane, and Jane has a son named Robert. Robert, like many children, learned to pronounce his R's some time after he learned to correctly pronounce the rest of his alphabet. Because of this, Robert was not able to pronounce his own name correctly for some time, calling himself "Hobert" instead of Robert.
After a little while, Robert learned to pronounce his R's, but he still insisted on calling himself Hobert. In an attempt to trick Robert into calling himself Robert, rather than Hobert, his mother, Jane would ask him questions.
"What's the name of the animal that has long ears and a fluffy tail?" she would ask.
"A rabbit!" Robert would say.
"What's your name?" she would then ask.
"Hobert!" Robert would reply.
She would continue to ask him questions such as, "What are we driving on?" ("A road!") and "What kind of car drives really fast?" ("A race car!") after which she would ask Robert his name. Regardless of her attempts at tricking him into correct pronunciation, he continued to respond "Hobert!"
One day, Jane bought her son a stuffed monkey, which he liked very much. After playing with it for a little while, he decided to tell his mom what he had named the monkey.
"Robert," he said, "is Hobert's monkey!"
Thus endeth the tale of Hobert's monkey. Hope you enjoyed! :)
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