A tale of hardship & joy

We've had a hard life generally speaking, it started off well, we were loved and looked after by children for a while, sometimes for a very short while! Then we started getting neglected, thrown about and trodden on, amazing how fickle some kids are. Eventually we ended up in a charity shop but nobody wanted us and we all knew that the next trip would be to the dump and oblivion. But, we were destined for better things, a very nice lady came and took us home, she had saved our lives but the next phase of our existence was a bit hairy to say the least, she put us all in a washing machine, we survived though and she put us on the window sill to dry. Some of our mates went the tumble dryer route, they told us that was horrible, hot, rough and noisy. From here we have the honour to go to Samaritan's Purse and, at Christmas, we will travel in cosy shoeboxes to other countries where we, once again, will have the chance to make children happy, Hooray!