(I would have responded to this days and days ago but I couldn't figure out what my password was!)
Like Julie, I was also poor when I was little, but also blissfully unaware. My favorite toy when I was a child was my imagination.
While anything related to horses enamoured me, and anything small with wheels was fun to roll around, what fascinated me more was that those little toy horses were an intricate family and had herd issues as they galloped over the plains of the kitchen floor. My little Garfield in a jeep (one of the best McDonald's toys EVAR!), with its reliable 4x4 system, could easily tackle the rocks, hills, and valleys created by the blankets on my bed.
I also spent a lot of time outside. Though I can appreciate the convenience of living in a city, I have always been a country girl--and one of my favorite cartoons was David the Gnome. Oh, how I loved going out into the forest--or even simply into our front yard!--to climb trees, "talk" to animals and nature, and explore all the great world has to offer (or at least "all" that a small, shy girl can get to).
I am 30 now, and my imagination is still my favorite toy. I write and create art. I imagine ways to decorate my living space. And on some days, I still find shapes in the clouds and hear the trees whispering to me.
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I haven't seen David the Gnome in years. It's a shame to see that cartoons have degraded into junk like Chowder and Spoongebob.
Hey, leave Spongebob out of this! ^_~
He's kinda dumb. They tried nearly the exact same cartoon under a different name in the 70s and it FAILED. Kinda says something about change in our culture.
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