Bingo. It’s simply fun, you know?

I still remember rather well my imaginary friend. Or more like an imaginary pet - a tarunhe [tä.'ɾu:.ɲe]. The tarunhe didn’t speak, but it was gentle and friendly and it would follow me around the house, like a normal pet would, except it was an imaginary half-turtle, half-elephant chimera, the size of a medium dog.

Then as I got my first cat, the tarunhe slowly faded away.