Hampy to me… what Pinnochio was to Geppeto

I remember when I created Hampy, then the first clay model, then in 2010, my first stuffed version of him, with a Halloween costume on.  But through the years since his inception in 1980, Hampy has been more than just a character to me. Hampy, to me, was like Pinnochio to Geppeto, only he never