Today is for sale great plush toy "Zhdyn" called "Homunculus Loxodontus". Originally it was created by Dutch Artist Margriet van Breevoort. The word Zhdun in Russian comes from zhdat' ("to wait"), and literally means "waiter" in a non-catering sense; it sounds very funny in Russian/The sculptor's daughter with Zhdun. According to its Dutch creator, it symbolizes patients (mostly children) and people who line up patiently to see a doctor or board a flight. Homunculus has now taken up residence in a children's hospital in the Netherlands, tasked with brightening up the lives of young patients.