I guess it all started when I was floating around in some warm dark place. I remember being very happy and content. I didn't even know of Johnson, back then, although I am sure he was there, sharing the contentment and harmony of our little world.
It wasn't long before that little world was disrupted and we were exposed to light, air, and sound. If I had known Johnson was there, I would have held his little being close to give us both reassurance. Anyhow, we both seemed to survive that ordeal.
I didn't know much about Johnson early on, except that he got yelled at a lot for allegedly showering people when his plastic cover was removed. As I reflect back, he never liked to be restrained or encumbered in any way. He would endure being enshrouded for short periods.
I made casual acquaintance with Johnson in my infancy, but we really didn't start playing with each other for about a year. He was a funny little guy and we hand wrestled a lot. He seemed to escape my holds, but as I got better, I would invariably get him in a strangle hold. Some people thought it was funny, but others would try to discourage our attempt at sports. Occasionally, I would go looking for him, wherever he was hiding and we would continue our play.
Many years went by and I knew Johnson was my friend, but our contact was minimal and I helped him to take care of his restroom needs, including keeping his head below the toilet rim, so he wouldn't splatter the bathroom floor. He must have missed our wrestling days, because he seemed to perk up when I gave him baths. He loved to be clean, however, my mother seemed to feel the other parts of my little body were being neglected.
When we started school, it was quite an experience. We could not touch, discuss, or joke about Johnson, maybe because there were so many girls around who were "Johnsonless". I was told there was this thing called Johnson-envy. Besides, Johnson was the coolest thing; you could aim him at things and hit the target. Girls could not do that!
Soon, Johnson and I found we had many things in common. We seemed to mesh, laughing at the same jokes and developing an affinity for the same things. We both seemed to notice girls at the same time. It was during this period, I experienced an unusual kinship with Johnson. It was as though he could read my every thought. I think they call it clairvoyance. We agreed upon the girls we liked, however, he seemed to prefer the ones with bigger parts. When he abruptly conveyed this, I had to reassess my first impressions and damn if he wasn't right in his perceptions. I began to trust his judgment more than my own.
As the girls got shapelier, wearing shorter tighter clothes, and all that perfume, I began to lose control of Johnson. Somehow, I knew that I was to be the one in charge, because he never seemed to mature as I did. He began acting out and clowning on the most in appropriate occasions. He began to embarrass me regularly, so much so, I was afraid to be around the female sex.