Bing-Bing
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by Arathi Menon
Tinker-Binkle was the biggest and only kid’s shop in the island of Gubbyland . It is a ten storied building and it is literally known as a child’s paradise. Books, stationary, mini cars, room decorators, dolls, clothes, teddy bears and many other toys were available here. About ten thousand workers worked here, and about fifty thousand toys were produced in a day. It was also known as Santa’s workshop.
In this workshop, there was a boy named Jimmy, who was about nine years old. He stitched and made soft toys, which his cruel uncle claimed as has having made by himself to make a living. He wasn’t kind to Jimmy and made him stay in a dusty little room.
Jimmy was very lonely. He wanted to share his happiness and woes to someone. Atleast, a soft toy would be enough, he thought at times. Whenever Jimmy asked his uncle to keep a soft toy for himself, his uncle had the same reaction for it ;
“If you want soft toys,Go get thread, cotton and materials for yourself!” He screamed
But how could he? He did not have any money for it. He often wished he had.
One day, Jimmy saw an old and frail woman weaving thread in a corner across the building where Jimmy worked. . She was very busy with her work, yet she raised her eyes and looked at the trembling little boy walking towards her. Jimmy did not know why, but a strange force led him to this old woman. He had not planned nor did have have a reason to meet her. As he reached her,, he looked into her eyes and then the thread she was weaving with. It was special. Jimmy had not seen similar thread earlier. There was something special about it.
“Excuse me ma’am” Jimmy said “W……would you m.mind g…g…giving me s..s..some of t.that.. g…good thread?”
The woman smiled gently and handed him a box of soft and sparkling thread, cotton and materials. The boy’s face shone with happiness. But then, it faded away.
“How much does it cost?” he asked the old woman.
“Happiness is priceless” she replied
“Thank you, ma’am!” Jimmy exclaimed with happiness.
“You may call me Aunt McCrinky” the old woman said, pushing her lock of snow white hair behind her ears. A strange wave of happiness engulfed Jimmy.
From then on, Jimmy did not waste any time. After his work was done, Jimmy would be occupied in making his very own teddy bear. He stitched it with great care, filled it with cotton and joined the parts carefully. Finally, the result was a cute little bear with cute and sparkling brown eyes and a shining coat.
“I will name you Bing-Bing” said Jimmy, with happiness, after months of hard work “Now I have a toy of my own!” he whispered into the Bing- Bing's ear. He looked into the bear's eyes.
The bear gave him a cute smile. At first, Jimmy was puzzled, but then considered it as his own imagination.
That night, when Jimmy lied down to sleep, he heard someone sing. Whoever it was, he had sung sweetly, he thought. The song was simple, like this;
“My name is Bing-Bing
And I love to sing-sing
On this lovely holiday night
When the sky bunny laughs, and the pixies play
For the night is the time for their day”
Finally, Jimmy got up to see who the singer was. Then his eyes widened with wonder………
To be contd……
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