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| "But what do baby bears sleep with?" |
What do teddy bears sleep with? After all,
us humans made teddy bears for us to sleep with. What did teddy bears cuddle up with when they
were little to make themselves feel safe and warm?
I posed this question recently online. The one response I received that stuck with
me was simply put: Humans. We sleep with teddy bears, so obviously they
are sleeping with us. I guess that’s
simple enough.
I rethought the core of my question. We humans have fashioned stuff animals to
resemble bears so that we can cuddle with them at night as children. We call them teddy bears.
So, really what I meant to ask was, “Does
that mean that baby bears cuddle with little stuffed animals that resemble
humans?” Maybe they call them "teddy men."
It occurred to me that even though she’s been in our lives
for almost a year now, I’ve never talked about Dora. I think it’s high-time to introduce the
lovely lady.
