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25-MAR-2009

Puff the Magic Dragon - 3

On page 7 of this gallery there are 2 images as the paragraph below tells. I have others in the set but this one I thought I had to post. It really is sad but journalistic perhaps, it certainly tells a story. It had fallen out of its tree and lay on the edge of the road and looked very dejected.

Down the south coast on a back road we saw a child’s dilapidated stuffed toy up in the fork of a tree. It certainly looked strange and funny. But as we went down the road every 100 meters for a kilometer or so there was another one. They looked very forlorn and a bit disquieting. I can hope that they had reached the Puff stage and had just been outgrown and not some bizarre punishment. I wonder who the little girl was.

Olympus E-520
1/400s f/5.6 at 86.0mm iso400 full exif

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January Grey09-Jan-2012 06:38
Sad story. Great story-telling image! V~
Monique Becker et Jean Luc Bocquillon03-Jan-2012 22:00
belle image
woody3403-Jan-2012 20:36
Poor fellow does look a bit forlorn ..great find.
slhoornstra03-Jan-2012 11:57
It seems to need rescuing. So take it home and give it a good bath!! V
Kay03-Jan-2012 07:51
As you suggest it is disturbing to see these soft toys abandoned... there's always more to the story... and we can only speculate.
David Hobbs03-Jan-2012 05:56
A most thoughtful image and cause for reflection. V
Sam Rua03-Jan-2012 04:39
A very moving image and story, Lyle. Kind os a sad end for something whose main purpose is to bring happiness.
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