I cheated. I'm sorry, but you try coming up with an X word. I'm sure there's a reason for the name hot-cross-bun. I can't remember it, and neither can Pip :)
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"Why are they hot-cross-buns?" Merry lifted his head off of the nice, soft pillow it was resting on. Just when he decied to have a nice post-dinner nap, Pippin had to come up with one of his impossible to answer questions.
"Because of the cross. Come on, Pip, I would have thought that much was obvious."
"Yes, but, why out the cross on it?"
"Why put those two leaves on top of an apple pie?"
"Apple's have leaves, an apple pie should have leaves. That is obvious." Merry pointed to the apple on the table in front of Pippin.
"That apple doesn't."
"No, but they did when we picked them off the tree." Merry contemplated a sarcastic reply... and then deiced it would take too much effort and pretended he hadn't heard his cousin.
"Merry, are you awake?"
"Sakes, Pippin. Hot-cross-buns have crosses because it'd be stupid to call them hot-cross-buns if they didn't have a cross. They'd be hot-buns. Or hot-no-cross-buns."
"Yes, but-" Frowning, Merry picked up the pillow from underneath his head and held it into his face, blocking out Pippin's voice. And even then, there was a murmering noise in the background.