"it had stopped speaking to him"
"she had used to the wrong fabic softener"
"it could never replace his OWN Blankie"
"his family was killed by a wild herd of blankets in the jungles"
"he had accidently torn off the 'No not remove..' label & figured if the blanket was killed, it would tell no one, and he wouldn't have to go back to prison"