He understood about security blankets, and had never been surprised that they weren’t called security trucks or security dolls. He had a small stuffed toy with a ribbon around its neck that, for all intents and purposes, went everywhere he did. This is not to say that he took it with him when going to work or nipping down to the shops or heading out on the town; nor is it to say that the stuffed toy ever went anywhere outside the house. Still, whenever he slept in a bed that was not his own, the ribbon went with him.