Animate: Science Fiction

We put the animate in the inanimate! She eyed the booth suspiciously. "What are you doing at a housewares convention?" she asked. "Isn't that the slogan of those people who put fishbowls into teddy bears? I got my nephew one of those--his mother never forgave me. She calls it Swamp Teddy now, but it's his favorite thing. She told me to get him an ant farm next year, and she's praying that attracts his attention." The representative hemmed and hawed, "Well, yes, the animate there did take more maintenance than perhaps its target audience was prepared for--"


Inspiration: http://thehairpin.com/2012/04/the-toy-fair
Story Potential: Medium.
Notes: Eh. Setting. Mildly entertaining bit, but not a story itself.