Once upon a time long ago there was a Wunder Kid whose grandmother took him to a Build a Bear Store in the far away land of Lincoln. After looking over all the options for critters, WK Mark told his grandmother that he wanted the black and white dog. His grandmother not being in the correct grandmotherly frame of mind at the time suggested that he consider the monkey instead. WK Mark looked at his grandmother in shock because what kind of grandmother tells a Wunder Kid that they can not have something that they want - this has never happened before - what to do? So being the polite young man that he is, WK Mark agreed to allow Monkey A to go home and live with him never telling his grandmother that he did not want the Monkey.
As time passed and as legends grow, the story within the family quickly became one in which poor WK Mark was forced by his grandmother to NOT adopt the darling black and white puppy that he really really wanted but instead was made to take home a monkey instead. And then to make matters worse, the monkey was wearing a Chicago Cubs outfit while riding back to his grandparent's condo on the Chicago subway from the Build a Bear Store.
No family visit has been saved from the retelling of this horror tale. In order to show his grandmother how traumatized he has been by the experience, WK Mark always sleeps and travels with Monkey A. Please note the look of dismay on Mark's face as he accepts his chess trophy at the World Open in Philadelphia. The poor child was mortified.
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