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We get donations on a daily basis to the salvation army, but much of it tends to be clothing, bedding etc. Today in among the clothing were two dolls. They were priced up and then placed into our storage box but as there were so many people around we were unable to really welcome them.

Once it was safe to talk we began introductions. The female doll is very attractive with brown hair, wearing a long yellow dress and has all her limbs intact, she goes by the name Elf (which in my opinion is a stupid name but that’s by the by.) She was most indignant at being donated to somewhere as low as a charity shop and immediately began shouting at her male companion that it was his fault they had been ‘thrown out’ because his looks were fading and he had lost his right shoe…

The male counterpart – a sullen looking doll with unusual proportions and a mop of dark remained quiet while this barrage was hurled at him, and we all sat round looking a bit awkward because I don’t think we’d ever encountered someone quite so uptight or demanding. Eventually a couple of the other female dolls attempted to calm her down and offered to show her around, it didn’t go down very well but she did amble off while the rest of us breathed a sigh of relief.

“So… I’m Danny… “ I said breaking the very awkward silence. The male doll was sat on a building block staring at his feet (probably lamenting his lost right shoe), looked up in acknowledgment and just said “Dave.” Everyone sat in silence letting the atmosphere get thicker and thicker until Doug piped up
“Well is that your missus? She’s a bit highly strung if you ask me mate.”

I was mortified. He really knows when to pick his moments! No one knew what to do or say but Dave didn’t even flinch, just sat staring at his foot until everyone started shuffling away as quietly as possible, and after what seemed like an eternity Dave replied “yeah she is.”

I got fed up of the fact he was really bringing me down and wandered off, I cant see that Elf and Dave are going to be much fun around here . I could hear Elf questioning the dolls about why their hair was messy, why they had mismatched clothing on, why one of their legs had bite marks on it, (she really doesn’t pull her punches.) I felt sorry for the dolls, they were just trying to make her feel welcome and she was ripping them to shreds.
I’ve already decided to stay well away before she questions why my arm doesn’t move.

Well everyone seems quite settled now and all is quiet here so I think I’m going to go and find a comfy spot for the night.

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Just a short post to list the current residents of the SA, although this list will probably become inaccurate very soon its easier for me to write them all here as a reference point to you, so I don’t have to explain so much about who they are if I blog about them.

Also just as a side note, I haven’t told any of the toys that I have a blog, or even that I know how to use a computer. I’m just happier treating this as my diary, a way to unmess my head.

So currently living here are:

Amber, Mollie and Lucy the china dolls

Doug the bunny with a missing ear

Lola the rag doll with button eyes and blue hair. Very friendly, easy to talk to, has an opinion on everything.

Daisy the doll, has a terrible haircut from her former owner. Appears to be quite quiet.

Cosworth, a toy that teaches the alphabet. Surprisingly quiet for a toy that speaks

Percy the toy phone, makes a ‘ding’ noise every time he moves

Ponies – Sable the gold coloured horse with a pretty emerald mane.
Poppy the white horse with a red mane.
Chief the large shire horse with a grey mane and dappled texture
Dot the tiny Shetland pony.
They are the newest members to be donated, the arrived the day after the toy sale and are settling in very well

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Up until recently at the SA we have been rather over run with toy donations to the point that all the toy boxes were full. It was awfully cramped at night when we all tried to find a spot to go to sleep but I never complained, I loved having lots of toys, teddies, plushies etc to talk to and no matter what time of day there was always somebody interesting that I could chat to.

Noticing the overcrowding problem, Pam – the manager of the SA decided to have an outdoor sale on all of the toys.

We got wind of this early and Doug began to organise who wanted to stay and who wanted to leave. Very few of us actually wanted to stay behind, I was a bit surprised and also rather sad that so many toys wanted to leave but I can understand just how lonely it can be without an owner.

The sale was to be held at a local school which was only about 100 yards away from the SA.

On the day of the sale Doug had ordered any of the toys that didn’t want to leave to go and hide under the linen shelves. Before the shop opened we all hugged, said our goodbyes and wished each other well. I felt myself getting upset but told myself that I had decided to stay behind (for reasons I’m not entirely certain of) and climbed under the vast sheets, curtains and duvet sets that were lay on the linen shelf.

Joining me were Lola, Daisy, Doug and Percy (who had to remain incredibly still so he didnt ‘ding’ and give the game away.)

Everyone else was packed into boxes and carried out of the door. I couldn’t help myself from crying, it suddenly felt very empty, seeing the toy box bare. Lola put her arm around me and Daisy quietly said “its all very sad, isn’t it?”

We spent the day in subdued silence, I secretly hoped that the sale would not be a success and that many of the toys I had only hours before said goodbye to, would return. After hours of waiting we heard the front door being unlocked and the chattering of voices. As I was under a big pile of linen I couldn’t make out much so with the others I just lay low and waited until everybody went home.

The only one to come back from the sale was Cosworth, a toy that teaches the alphabet and speaks in a very flat robotic voice. He didn’t seem much bothered about the fact that he hadn’t sold.

Climbing into the toy box was surreal, there was so much room! Lola had sprawled out, as she is quite a big rag doll normally she had very little space so this must have been nice for her, next to her was Daisy.

We had all settled down for the night when Doug climbed in.

“Cheer up you lot” He said in his gruff tones “It may seem empty now but you give it a week, this toy box will be full again before you know it.”

And with that he went to sleep.

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