“Oh! Hi! I'm Ella Julia aka E.J. aka Chicken Bone Ella! I just got here in 2024 by way of a drug store. So I'm an ACTUAL baby. No offense, G.E. Gerome, but facts are facts!”
( Ella waddles closer to the kitchen entrance with endearing enthusiasm in her voice.)
“Speaking of Gerome, where is he? I was following him like two seconds ago. And I lost him. He did that thing where he jumps on top of the TV console thingmajig. I'm still working on that particular skill. So where did he go?”
(Ella sits down with a soft plop and then flops to her side.)
“Okay, so here's the thing about me. I love food. A LOT of it. Breakfast! Lunch! And Dinner! DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED on snacks! Yes please, all of them, right now. The humans say I have ‘a healthy appetite’. I'm pretty sure it is code for ‘Ella is eating too much’.
(Suddenly Ella sits up and jumps onto her feet.)
“G.E. is my preferred associate. We do just about everything together! He goes exploring and I go exploring! He climbs things and I... Well, I attempt to climb things. Mostly I just follow him around because he is my best friend and big brother.”
(Ella hears a distant sound coming from the kitchen. She immediately scrambles to the kitchen entrance)
“Wait! Was that Gerome? That sounded like Gerome! I better go to the bathroom first.”
(Ella starts trotting off and then pauses to say)
“Oh! Also, if anyone sees where they keep the treats, I'm interested in that information. For research purposes only. “
“Gotta go! Gerome, wait up! I gotta go to the bathroom first.”
(With bouncing enthusiasm and her little round belly swaying Ella he
ads into the kitchen.)