At the end of a general audience in August, the Pope had set aside time for a long line of the ill and elderly to personally greet him. A girl, perhaps 9 or 10 years old, approached, holding her mother's hand and gripping a teddy bear. Her hair was cut short and her face was puffy from medication. The Pope looked straight in the little girl's eager eyes, and brushed his hand with a blessing across her forehead. And then, without missing a beat, he reached over and blessed the teddy bear in the same way.
--http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/topic/529/t/Anecdotal--light-stories--Joseph-Ratzinger-Pope-Benedict.html?page=10#.T-abk7QtjBc
