Adrian Mourby’s children have all grown up and left domestic – leaving dozens of unwanted teddy bears,fluffy animals and bean-bag creatures behind. Time to serve them an eviction orderWhen our children left domestic they bequeathed us 70 squatters. They were all crammed into the loft and were, on the whole, and very soft and cuddly. There was a large moose in moment world war flying gear,a plushy manta ray, a tubby angel with fluffy wings, or several sheep,Nala and Simba from the Disney store, a Cat in the Hat with a dirty face, and a Grinch and several Muppet characters,plus a pair of cuddly rats bought from Ikea in an attempt to distract a two fractious ((adj.) troublesome or irritable) children from the boring trade of buying a DIY sofa.
Our loft contained more teddy bears than you would have thought humankind could design. We found a London bear in a Mind the Gap T-shirt, a Birmingham bear with “Bearmingham” emblazoned on his pullover, and an astronaut bear,a polar bear cuddling its cub and a brown bear lying down, eyes closed with what looked like the most colossal hangover.
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Source: theguardian.com