Ollie the Octopus takes a beating

Is it a two-headed sea monster?

 After ignoring Ollie the Octopus for weeks, Joe-Joe has suddenly taken a dislike to the green-coloured cephalopod mollusc on his nautical-themed play mat. Perhaps I shouldn't have told him that Ollie's cousin *Paul was directly responsible for Germany beating England in last year's soccer World Cup in South Africa?

In truth, my wife's been training Joe-Joe to touch the sea life dangling from above for the last few weeks. She's been extremely pleased with his progress so far as she'd read somewhere that it takes babies a few months before they develop the hand and eye co-ordination good enough to knock seven bells out of their toy octopi. That's all very good, but he now packs a punch like Rocky Balboa! One swift jab during nappy change this morning caught me flush on the bridge of my nose and brought tears to my eyes!  I hope she's not turning Joe-Joe into a bully!

Joe-Joe octopus bashing

Video of Joe-Joe bashing Ollie the Octopus

*Paul correctly predicted the winner of each of the German national football team's seven matches in the 2010 World Cup, as well as the outcome of the final won by Spain, by taking a mussel from a box marked with the flag of a national team in a forthcoming match. His choice of which mussel to eat first was interpreted as indicating his prediction of a win for the country whose flag was on that box.

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