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please look at this!!!!

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midden · 28/08/2004 21:47

Did anyone buy a soft toy from Ikea about four years ago? (Yes I know - pushing it here) The one we need is a black and white cat (some have thought dog) about 1 foot in length.

This was ds comfort toy, has slept with him everynight since birth, now gone for good (lost) and now we are all shattered that it has gone. He is so upset and waking with nightmares. Help, anyone got one?

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midden · 31/08/2004 17:10

thankyou so much essbee, I have now been able to give my ds some hope that his precious wee friend may come back without feeling like a charlatan! He will be soooooo happy and so will we!

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essbee · 31/08/2004 22:11

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wobblyknicks · 01/09/2004 13:34

HELLOOOOO!!! Essbee's (slacking) at work but she's asked me to beg for news of whether miaow's arrived yet!!!! Please tell us, we're on the edge of our seats!!!!

essbee · 01/09/2004 18:40

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midden · 01/09/2004 18:59

Got it essbee!!! It is so new looking compared to the dirty scabby thing that went missing!!!!

Thankyou a million times......not shown it to him yet as I thought i would take it down to the sandpit in the park where it was lost and let him find it himself......photo to follow soon...he will be overjoyed and you should have seen my dh's face when he saw it, you would think it was his comfort toy!!!!

Promise to send pic to you soon, lots of love, so happy! midden xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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fisil · 01/09/2004 19:05

Aw what a lovely story. I love MN!

(and thanks to MN ds's Lambeth & Teddy now have cat tags with our phone no. engraved onto them sewn tightly to their necks!)

essbee · 01/09/2004 19:15

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Cadbury · 01/09/2004 19:23

I'm brimming up here! What a happy ending. Got to see the photo - I'll be a blubbing mess for days afterwards.

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midden · 02/09/2004 21:42

Hello essbee and anyone else following this poignant tale. Well last night after ds went to bed I stuck miaow in the wash with some navy things in an attempt to get him to look a wee bit more like the greyish original!!

Me and dh sat there for an looking at this toy debating the best way to give it to ds, or for him to find it, coming up with many scenarios to explain his notable absence.....eventually we could hold on no longer and crept into his room and snuggled miaow in with him, he didn't rouse.

This morning he shot through to our room and the only way to describe him: ecstatic. He could hardly speak! When he did we were nearly in tears. He said he was so happy that miaow had "crawled in through the letterbox in the night because it was cold outside"

Here he is at bedtime tonight snuggling down for a full nights sleep with no nightmares about miaow being lonely in the sand!!!

I don't think I need to say anymore!!

Essbee thanks so much for answering my post - a huge hug to you. Also for sending so quickly, thanks again, you are an angel xxxxxxxxx

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moomina · 02/09/2004 21:45

This has made me cry like a baby

Yay!!! for essbee and hurrah for MN!!! And what a cutie your ds is, midden!

Beccarollover · 02/09/2004 21:47

awwwwwww that is fabulous!!! well done essbee

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midden · 02/09/2004 21:48

thanks moomina

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lou33 · 02/09/2004 22:01

What a lovely ending

wobblyknicks · 03/09/2004 10:25

Awwwww - he looks so happy - what an excellent ending!!!

SoupDragon · 03/09/2004 10:33

He didn't think for one minute that this wasn't the original? Fantastic!

essbee · 03/09/2004 12:23

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AuntyQuated · 03/09/2004 13:43

eeee, they couldn't make TV programmes this good, could they?

lovely story from brginning to end

good old MN and essbee

Aero · 03/09/2004 13:59

Awwww - I love a happy ending.

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