Dotty was arranging tiny pieces of crockery, very neatly on a tea tray.
Cups and spoons were being placed carefully onto saucers. She felt the teapot, it was nice and hot. “That will do nicely” she said. As she returned the pot to the tray she heard something between a snort and a grunt. She looked up to find she had an unexpected visitor. A huge, shaggy, lime green gorilla-like thing sat looking at her. It took up more than half the room in her little cubby-house. It made a gurgling noise and rubbed its nose with a huge paw.
“Oh! Hello,” she said. “I’m Dotty, who are you?”
The thing’s huge eyes glared and it snarled ferociously.
“Oh! I see, you’re probably shy. Well, never mind.”
She swilled the water in the pot and said “You’re just in time for tea. Do you have a name?”
The thing just scratched its armpit.
She thought hard for a moment. “I think I’ll call you Archie. There’s a boy at my playgroup called Archie, but he’s not very nice. Oh! I hope you don’t mind?”
The thing didn’t answer, it only belched and started dribbling.
“That’s all right then, I’ll call you Archie.”
It held out two giant fists and beat its chest a few times.
“Oh! Yes, of course. I’m sure you are thirsty. Sorry Archie.”
She lifted the pot. “Shall I pour?”