Once
upon a time there was a little girl named Hailey who owned a lot of cute and
cuddly stuffed animals. Her favorite stuffed animal was named Teddy.
He was very little and he had a red silk ribbon around his neck.
Hailey loved Teddy a lot.
Years and years passed. As Hailey grew up
she didn’t have much time for her cute and cuddly stuffed friends any
more. They just sat on the shelf. They grew older and older too.
One day when
Hailey got home from school she found her old friend Teddy crying. “What’s wrong Teddy,” she asked?
The littlest
teddy bear stuck out his lip in a big pout and said, “I hate being cute
and cuddly. I am all grown up too, just like you. I want to be a
hero.”
“You
are my hero Teddy, Hailey said. Would it help if I started calling you Ted
or Theodore instead of Teddy?
“I
guess that would help,” he sniffled.
But what I
really want is to ride in a police car, or a fire truck. I want to win
the big game for the home team. I want to rescue abused and abandoned
children”
Kerry
the Clown just laughed and laughed. Debbie the Duck and said,
“Theodore, You are even more cute and cuddly when you act like a big
hero.”
Ted
frowned, “I guess that I can’t help being cute and cuddly, but I
don’t have to like it.”
Hailey knew
that Ted was right. He was all grown up and it was time for him get a
chance to be a hero. So she went to her school’s pep club and
arranged for a Teddy Bear Toss at the halftime of the big game. Then
she went home and told Ted all about what she had done. Ted was very
excited. In fact all the stuffed animals were enthusiastic. They
all wanted to join in the fun.
When
halftime of the big game came around Ted flew through the air like a supper
hero and landed in mid court. Soon hundreds of other stuffed toys
joined him.
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When the other side saw all of this team
spirit they lost their spark. They also lost the game. Kerry
the Clown went on to ride in a police car, until she ended up at a car wreck
in the arms of a crying girl.
Debbie the Duck got to ride on a
fire truck and ring the bell.
Ted
Bear went into the arms of an abandoned little orphan boy who needed a cute
and cuddly hero to give him real big hug.
The
End
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What
is a Teddy Bear Toss?
A Teddy Bear Toss is a way for people to
show their team spirit and to help children in crises at the same time.
During halftime of a big game the fans are encouraged to shower hundreds of
lightly used stuffed toys onto the court. Then the stuffed toys are
bagged up and given to the Big Family. They pass them along, free
of charge, to agencies that deal with children who are under stress.
(They need thousands of stuffed toys every year)
