not sure if this is a repeat (if it is, sorry)

but when I was younger, I had a talking soft toy teddybear called bingo bear

my school were doing a teddy bear's picnic- and each of us had to bring a bear

I was so afraid about someone else breaking bingo, or him getting dirty or broken, I made up a lie about not being able to take talking teddies to school

and it worked. I didn't have to take bingo to school.

I kept him for a few years after that until his stuffing fell out