Catspaw: You're not showing any age at all - the newspaper comic strip ran until 1986 - but I remember reading the strip as a kid. In fact, I remember Patti Page singing "Little Dondi" to the kid (in a TV rerun of the 1961 movie inspired by the strip)!

Dondi the orphan had come to mind first for me, too, but when I looked up "Dondi" on google I came across the belly-dancer and figured I'd link to her site while I had it!

Oh, and a belated welcome to you, Watson! (Will you come quickly if we need you? *G*)

Sharon