Once there was a boy. Since the day he was born he had treasured a 1 x 1 square of blue silk cloth he called his Silky. He loved his silky. It traveled with him everywhere he went. There was no sleeping without it. It had been torn and repaired. It was stained from years of meals and playing and who knows what else. It was truly a beautiful, cherished part of the boy's life. Then one day when