Strange New Worlds

To boldly go where no Dad has gone before.....

There is a strange planet on the galaxy of Lynnhaven Mall, called Buildabear...

In this alternate universe, girls take their Dads to a strange initiation rite. Girl picks up carcass of animal skin, then pluffs it up with stuffing, breathing life into its inert form with white foamy bits! Dad looks on with silent awe... Then girl takes a still beating heart, rubs it skillfully in her fingers, kisses it with reverence and then boldly thrusts it into the animals belly! Dad gapes in perplexity. Then girl proceeds to dress this newly animate animal in all kinds of colorful dresses and boots, finally choosing a flowery pink number with sparkly belt and snug beige booties.

After some pressing of strangely symboled buttons and swiping of credit cards, the animal is gratefully housed in a perfect box, a birth certificate miraculously supplied and dazed Dad and proud animal owner stride back to the car, our of the planet's warm and expensive atmosphere and home to safe galaxies called Chesapeake and Greenbrier....