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skie · 14/01/2004 10:18

My 4 year old daughter has lost her number one toy, (a cuddly strawbery with green arms and legs) her boy, her main man, the thing she has slept with and kept close to her since babyhood. (She even had a birthday cake in his image last year, and he is in just about every photo ever taken of her...) It happened four months ago (only explanation is that he went out with the rubbish) and she's actually getting worse, not better (we convinced her that he was lost temporarily in the house, lying waiting to be found, which she believed.) Now she beginning to doubt it and talks about him every night, and first thing in the morning. Last night she started to cry and said, 'I don't think we'll ever find Strawberry..' Whenever anyone says anything like, "We've got a surprise for you..", her first reponse is 'Have you found Strawberry??' I am so desperate, and HAVE to find her another - trouble is he came from a charity shop for 20 p, and all it said on his label was 'PEEKO', which appears to be a toy manufacturer in Korea! He has eyes, a big smile, a red handle and a few leaves on his head! He is about the size of an adult hand! We have photos we can email if anyone has a spare (unloved) toy that fits this description. PLEASE, if there are any mums out there with any ideas on how to find a toy like this, please, please let me know!

OP posts:
emmatmg · 19/01/2004 11:49

Phewwy....thank god!

popsycal · 19/01/2004 11:50

I AM SITTING HERE WITH BOTH PICS SIDE BY SIDE
hurrah!!!
he even has a new hair do!!

motherinferior · 19/01/2004 11:50

I'm crying too!

JJ · 19/01/2004 11:51

Popsy, if you send me the original pic (if it's ok with Skie, I'll post that, too).

But after I go shopping, unless it's in the next 10 minutes or so. It won't take so long to put up this time.

popsycal · 19/01/2004 11:51

is it just me or has mumsnet gone really slow now!?!??

bloss · 19/01/2004 11:52

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popsycal · 19/01/2004 11:52

its lower down the thread jj

JJ · 19/01/2004 11:52

Lost track of my parentheses there.

Epigirl · 19/01/2004 11:52

made my day, can only imagine how please Skie & dd will be.

When's the film coming out? Could they relay this kind of tension on the big screen? Who will play strawberry???

popsycal · 19/01/2004 11:53

Thursday, 15 January, 2004 8:23:33 PM

go to that message then copy and paste it onto that webpage...

CountessDracula · 19/01/2004 11:54

JJ you are a star, I can't believe it, it's definitely him isn't it? Skie???

dinosaur · 19/01/2004 11:54

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LIZS · 19/01/2004 11:54

That is amazing. I'm sure Skie's dd will relive this for years to come

popsycal · 19/01/2004 11:55

skie MUST print out this thread and these photos for her daughter ...
where is skie though!!!!!
she hasnt fainted has she>?

Tissy · 19/01/2004 11:55

I think we should send a big Mumsnet cyberbouquet to emma's Mum!

katierocket · 19/01/2004 11:56

hurray for mumsnet and emmatmg.
can't wait to hear what skie's dd says when she sees it.

I feel all warm and fuzzy

(not unlike strawberry I imagine)

JanH · 19/01/2004 11:58

I just had them side-by-side too - have bookmarked them to show sceptical sod of a DH later

(Is it me though or does the new one need duffing up a bit?)

emmatmg · 19/01/2004 12:00

JanH , skie said abit further down the tread that he may need roughing up abit and to have his petals and label removed to match old strawberry so I think you're right.

CountessDracula · 19/01/2004 12:02

And his tummy is a bit fat at the bottom, will need squishing a bit.

All of this can be explained away with trips to exotic places and eating too much, hairdos etc.

JJ · 19/01/2004 12:02

Strawberry's before and after pictures are up.

Ooh, I hope the reunion goes well.

CountessDracula · 19/01/2004 12:04

What time is Skie's dh coming round tonight Emma?

Epigirl · 19/01/2004 12:04

JJ, you're a star

popsycal · 19/01/2004 12:04

hurrajh hurrah!!!!!
this is so fab!!
i wonder if it will get any publicity
it ought too!!!

bloss · 19/01/2004 12:04

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popsycal · 19/01/2004 12:05

is he going to have any holiday snaps with him ???

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