when i was little i had a little miss muffet bean bag doll that i carried with me everywhere. when she started to leak beans, my dad and i took her to a park and left her on a bench by the lake. he said that a mermaid would come out of the water and take her to a magic land where she would become a real girl (loosely based on my favourite story at the time, 'the velveteen rabbit'). for a long time afterwards, i would look at girls on the street to see if i could recognise my old doll.
A childhood belief about toys
others believed things like this
- My Sister Once Said That Polly Pocket Was A Real Girl That Got Shrunk To Doll Size And Turned Into A Doll.— Jamie
- When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.— Salma
- I used to believe that my doll Kimberly was real and if I listened carefully, that I'd hear her speak!— Kristy
- I used to think that when a movie was 'based on a true story' it was happening for real then and there— Tom
- I used to belive that my pet rabbit was the easter rabbit and he owned egg land.— Andrew B
- I used to think that
"The land of make believe"
was
"The land of baked beans."— Baked Bean!