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She demands to see them every day, but is horrified when her parents, with the best intentions, give her three carp for her birthday instead of the cuddly toy she had been hoping for.
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Among the desk decorations, the occasional conventional baby photo seems almost ridiculously un-ironic, amid other personal props like a horde of model dinosaurs riding motorcycles, cuddly toy gremlins with shocking pink fur and knobbly yellow stress balls.
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In the European Parliament today, the tell-tale sign is the presence of a cute cuddly seal toy, sitting on someone's desk, or peeking winsomely out of their bag.
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