davidd's A Doll A Day 2019

[davidd]

I'm on the edge of my seat, wondering what will come next!

More aimless nattering, I imagine.

They're quite a scatter brained lot, aren't they?

They do seem to have some attention-deficit issues, yes.

I think I know what’s in the box within a box that may or may not also be a present, but it’s still fun watching the Ameliae struggle with this.

To them, the struggle seems to be a surprising adventure offering something new and exciting at every turn. It must be nice to be able to go through life with such an attitude.

Actually, I thought that once they got the box unwrapped, they'd think it wasn't a Present anymore, so they would decide to wrap it again.
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Is there some kind of consciousness feedback loop?, a critical mass of Ameliae that makes their ability to think break down...?

Rewrapping the unwrapped present came very near to happening. I realized that there are only a few days left in the year, so I briefly stepped in and redirected their attention.

Consciousness feedback loop! That made me laugh! Yes, that must be the ex-planation, a consciousness feedback loop which rapidly amplifies interference and noise.

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Part III

27 December – The Ordeal of the Box Continues

"It's a big box! A big white box!"

"A big white box inside an even bigger brown box!"

"A big white box inside an even bigger brown box that was wrapped in colorful paper!"

"WAIT! This ISN'T a big white box! It's a big box wrapped in white paper!"

"YAY! It's a box wrapped in paper!"

"Which means..."

"IT'S A PRESENT!"

"But... how do you know it's not a WHITE box?"

"We can't see the box, because it's wrapped in white paper!"

"So it might be a white box!"

"A white box wrapped in white paper!"

"Open the present!"

"Open the big white present!"

"Take off the white paper!

"Oooh! It's a box!"

"But it's not a white box!"

"Awww... I thought it would be a white box!"

"A big white box full of lots and lots of socks!"

"Will they be white socks?"

"No. It's not a box of socks because it's not a big white box!"

"YAY! We did not want our present to be a big white box with lots of white socks!"

"Look!"

" . . . "

" . . . "

" . . . "

"Okay, I'm tired of looking."

"Yeah, because... what are we supposed to be looking at?"

"There are WORDS on the box!"

"Oh! There are words on the box!"

"A box that talks!"

"Not talking words. Reading words!"

"Oh... that kind of words."

"Those kinds of words, you mean."

"I'm not allowed to say those kinds of words."

"Me either. Soap tastes nasty!"

"Read the words! Read the words! What do they say?"

"... bunny ... bunny ... bunny ... and bunny!"

"Those aren't words, those are pictures!"

"They could be pictographs! 'A pictorial symbol for a word or phrase,' or so sez Wikipedia!"

"Okay, okay, whatever! What do the words-words say?"

"These words look strange!"

"They look kind of Chinese!"

"They look kind of Russian!"

"They look kind of..."

"... STRANGE!"

"What do the strange words say?"

"Ah... mel..."

"Emily?"

"Yes! The strange words say 'Emily!'"

"Emily? How... strange!"

"JUST TO BE CLEAR: That box does NOT say 'EMILY' and I have NO CONNECTION WHATSOEVER to these ridiculous shenanigans!"

"Well... I guess the words do not say 'Emily'!"

"Maybe the words say... Rosamond!"

"I HEARD THAT!"

TO BE CONTINUED...

(Because I can only take so much of this each day! And this story seems to have spiraled out of my control!)