New Ambers for Ember

Ember sometimes gets confused when people have the same name as other people.  She quite often checks up as to whether it's the 'same' person or a 'different' one, which can be amusing in itself.  The other day though, she changed it to 'new' and 'old'.  I was on the phone to my friend Amber, and when I hung up, we had this conversation:

Em: Was that the old Amber?

Me: What?

Em: Was that a old Amber or a new Amber?

Me: It was the same Amber.

Em: Oh. (pause) Why?

Me: Why what?
Em: Why was it not a new Amber?
Me: Because I like Amber, I don’t need a new one.

Em: (pause) I’ve got a new Amber.  I’ve got five of them.  They’re called babies. I got five new baby Ambers.

Me: Do you?

Em: Yes, you pat them coz they’re called cats. They’re baby cats.  (pause) They’re here in my basket. You got, I give you a baby cat in my sticker book.  Do you want that one Mummy?

Me: (pause)...Um, I’m not sure...