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Published: 2005-01-20 17:58:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 284; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 87
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I wonder how many of us, when we were young really believed that when we left the room our toys got up and started moving around and having fun. Playing games and acting out their purpose then fall back neatly into place just before we came back.Then the beauty in sheer innocence and belief slowly dissolves and the toys eventually either get binned, lost, sold or placed in boxes or bags in the attic or cellar. Left behind to gather dust as the child grows and continues on thier path. I found these items out in the middle of a wood. The pram hidden in bushes and the doll hanging upsidedown from a mossy tree. Only about three feet apart. Lost. Forgotten. And left behind.
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well knowing that road, that awful road to the insane place, my mind can only begin to think of awful things.
yes i've been forgotten, one day while walking around willy lows (lol remember william lows ? ) with my mum i looked up and umm i wasnt holding my mums hand anymore, i freaked out and hid underneath the freezer units untill security came and removed me (took them 15 minutes to get somebody small enough to grab me) then mum came and got me and i got ice cream cause she was a bad mother
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haha great story. damn those bad mothers trying to lose thier kids in the supermarkets. damn them all.
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i saw a wolf sitting tied up to a fence outside tesco yesterday, i want a wolf they are so cool
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haha i want a Tesco. free dinners.
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Impressive! I love the caption, you've put a lot of thought to it and you deserve a lot of acclaim for this. Beautifully done.
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you really know how to humble someone don't you? 
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aw there is a sadness as well as a sweet factor about this - I still have loads of my toys that I just can't bring myself to throw away, and I still remember the true belief I had that my toys played when I wasn't around - I used to leave sweets out in the hope that they would eat some and give their secret away...
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ahh thanks for letting me know that, did the ploy ever work!?! hungry little blighters..
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Wonderful photograph Ben. I like it very much. The colors are very nice to look at and I like the white background. Great photo
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aw thanks my man for those great words, and the favourite. thats very nice of you indeed. i'm very happy that you like it and once again let me know your feelings, its always fabby to hear from you.
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You really made me think.
i like this one. as always you come up with such amazing ideas
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well thankyou Sim, very kind of you to say so!
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awww, it's so sad 
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why thankyou Jenn, sorry it made you a little sad. this little thing made me think about all the toys that i willingly destroyed as i was growing up...and it made me a lil guilty..strange that. as always i cannot thankyou enough for your presence. 
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I miss all my teddys!! -weeps- [link] Reminds me of that deviation of mine... Teddy was my mums when she was little...it has sat on my stairs for 2 years and is still there lol. Great picture anyways 
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haha i like that shot, poor wee thing looks sad at the fact that your family and you are always passing him/her by and not taking him/her with you. 2 years! man alive thats a long time there. thankyou for the lovely words my friend, i'm sure your not lazy - just looking for the right moment.
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awww that little emote makes me sad! but you cheered me back up again with your signature! YAY!
thankyou my friend for your words, very welcome indeed.
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Abandoned yes, but look how beautiful they are!!! Some things thrive on neglect.
Although, I do understand your meaning.
The color though....
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i definetly agree with you, they are truly beautiful. i felt kind of bad taking them away from the wood but i really had to get them into the light. I tell you that pram looks like it came from the Victorian age...really full of character when you see it up close...shame about all the insects that ran out it when the first flash went off though! i nearly had a heart attack. thankyou once again laura, for the favourite but more so for the presence.
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haha ...... hey... did you just flip me the bird?
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thankyou very much indeed my friend. Glad it made you go "aw"
its funny how universal some things are, instantly you get a mental picture of the bodies actions when you read certain words. like "aw" i imagine a furrowed brow and sad eyes when you type (say) it.
thankyou once again for the words.
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that made me go "aw" too. lol.
so sweet.
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Like most of your work this one really made me think... of all the toyes that I have left behind...some broken by time and others by rough playing, younger sisters and the family dog that shewed on the them, some was lost and never found again and most of them simply forgotten...
Great work!
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ahh thankyou my good friend for sharing that moment with me. If only we all had kept our toys all packaged and safe, think of how much money we would get from selling them now. But i know for certain that if i never played like i did with my toys i would never have been the guy i am now. Strange that.
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your right once more
no money could ever replace all the memorys and fun I had with my toy...and if all my old toys had been whole and safe in a box I could not tell storys of when my sister had her go with my stufted animals with a sissor...I was not very happy then but now I can look back to that time and place and smile...
I hope you will upload more of your work soon...
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very true Holly, and the most ironic thing about that is.... we never grow out of tragedy.
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so true
tragedy is all around us
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Awesome! I remeber losing a stuffed hedgehog in Venice when I was very young, and being incosolable. This picture brings back memories of that!
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ahhh sorry to hear of the hedgehogs dissapearance, but Venice is a lovely city, i'm sure it found a great home. thanks mate for the comment, most welcome.
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Yeh, my dad made me feel alot better by saying that it probably would have made some kid from Venices day. Keep up the good work dude
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