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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=461002" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Me and Teddy Bears - The Truth' (Exclusive)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’ve never owned a teddy bear (aw…) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">my parents read the child-rearing bibles<br>of the time, maybe that’s what it was</div><div style="margin:10px 0">but I’m not pleading deprivation or<br>mental abuse; into my life <br>came Rex the lion cub</div><div style="margin:10px 0">we loved each other from the moment<br>I set eyes on him. We were about<br>the same age, that was taken for granted, <br>since he was my best friend and</div><div style="margin:10px 0">of course, since I can’t compare<br>lion cubs with teddy bears since<br>I couldn’t at the time, I’m guessing<br>what the pros and cons might be: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Rex wasn’t someone you could easily<br>prop up on the pillow at the bed-head<br>and talk to – he didn’t do talking-to<br>since he had an existence independent of me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">but on the other hand<br>he loved to be rolled around with<br>with his prickly whiskers<br>and good nature, with the reassurance<br>that he was a lion, small but already<br>with very practical paws and would<br>protect me if required; his eyes were always ready for fun yet<br>very much set on what was ahead.<br>I think lion cubs are a fair match for teddies<br>but I would say that wouldn’t I</div><div style="margin:10px 0">there was probably a difficult time<br>when I fell in love with Pooh Bear<br>for life<br>but I’ve blocked that out<br>and my parents (child-rearing books again) <br>were very clever at removing toys at<br>the ‘right’ moment to enable their child<br>to grow up. Well that failed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But Rex did prepare me<br>psychologically for<br>that first puppy who<br>welcomed me unhesitatingly <br>into his life</div><div style="margin:10px 0">but just recently, to celebrate<br>my second childhood<br>I’ve taken to wondering if<br>it’s not too late to acquire<br>a teddy bear</div><div style="margin:10px 0">but no taking the first one offered thanks: <br>I’ve become a bit of a connoisseur<br>rather like signing up with<br>a marriage bureau: OK but<br>there may be better<br>around the corner...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wander discreetly (‘It’s for my niece…’) <br>round department stores<br>with all their vulgar rubbish, <br>charity shops with their loved, furry balding spotted<br>survivors hoping for<br>a second happy marriage<br>or happier</div><div style="margin:10px 0">looking carefully at their expressions<br>full-face, side view<br>(Good God, are their manufacturers aware<br>of the diff’rence ‘twixt bear and bear?) <br>wondering if it’s The One</div><div style="margin:10px 0">please keep this to yourself ‘cos<br>I don’t want my friends fixing me up<br>with some merry widow(er) of a bear<br>just because they’re sorry for the old git</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’ll take my time thanks<br>since I’d like to think<br>my previous partners will approve my choice<br>after all it’s for life and<br>we older and wiser ones have<br>so much to offer</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</a><div class=q>
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my parents read the child-rearing bibles
of the time, maybe that’s what it was

but I’m not pleading deprivation or
mental abuse; into my life 
came Rex the lion cub

we loved each other from the momen..."></div>
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