"Good morning Kevin!" Elder Cunningham shook his companion awake.

"Arnold," Elder Price groaned. "Stop" He rolled over and looked at his bedside clock. 7:00 A.M. For the former Mormon poster child, this would have been oversleeping; Missionaries are to get up at promptly 6:30 A.M. However, Kevin had stopped caring about the rules months ago.

"Hey Kevin…?" Arnold looked at his friend cautiously

"Yes?" he answered his companion in the same tone.

"What's that?" he pointed to what Kevin was cradling in his arms. Kevin looked down in confusion and gasped in realization. He dropped the object, letting it fall to the floor.

It was a teddy bear. A brown bear dressed in a missionary uniform. Complete with a miniature, cloth Book of Mormon and a small name tag that simply stated 'Missionary Bear'

Arnold looked at Kevin, who was now blushing furiously, with his head down. They sat in silence for a minute before Kevin finally spoke.

"My mother gave it to me before I left. I forgot that it was in my suitcase until last night. I finally thought of a name for him".

Arnold was listening intently, with his head in his hands and his elbows on his knees.

"Well, what do you call it?" He asked with a playful smile. Kevin's head shot up as he reached for his bear.

"I'm not telling you… It's embarrassing." This was received with a cry of protest.

"But I'm your best friend! We're supposed to tell each other everything!" No response. "Did you name it after someone we know?" Silence prevailed. Kevin kept his lips locked as he began making his bed. "You did! Didn't you? If I guess it, will you tell me?"

Kevin sighed as he fluffed his pillow "Maybe" he finally answered.

Arnold squealed in delight. "Okay" he said immediately "Is it Elder Cunningham?"

"No. It's a bear. It has a bear name" Kevin started to get dressed.

"Ooooh, like a pun. Okay…" he thought for a moment, "Elder Bearingham"

"No"

"Nahbearlungi?"

"No, he's a boy" Silence came from the curly haired boy as Kevin put on his tie.

"Bear-Ass-Naked," he finally guessed. Kevin gave him a confused look "You know," he tried again "like Butt-Fucking-Naked…"

"No," Kevin rolled his eyes and started doing his hair. Arnold mumbled to himself for a good 15 minutes more as Kevin finished getting ready. Kevin laughed as he heard Arnold's frustrated ramblings

"Is it… no, that's stupid… Elder Cla- no no, that doesn't even make sense." Finally an excited gasp arose from Arnold. "I got it! I got it! Elder McGrizzly! That's it right? It has to be, it's genius!"

This suggestion made Kevin burst out into shrieking laughter. He had to sit on his bed to calm himself.

"That's hilarious Arnold. But no, that's not his name" he managed to get out between peals of laughter.

Arnold let out a loud, frustrated groan. He stomped out of the room. "I give up!" A few moments later, a shriek was heard from a few rooms down.

"Elder Cunningham!" Elder McKinley scolded "You are NOT to leave your room in your undergarments!"

Kevin chuckled to himself as he tucked his bear into his shabby bed. He leaned down and kissed it on its forehead.

"I never said that you were named after someone. Have a nice day Elder Bear"