Flying Mut

Donna Young @ 13 November 2007
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John and Mut 1988 Inspired by:
Mom saves the day!
Nov 2nd, 2007 by tressays

Here we have pictured my son John at 10 months old during January 1988. He is pictured with Mut. When John was 6 months old, we wheeled him in his stroller up to the toy section of JCP where he picked out Mut. John also named him Mut. Mut is from a line of toys called Puffalump. When relatives saw how much he loved Mut, John was bombarded with Puffalump toys. None of them ever became a favorite and they are somewhere in the attic.

Fast forward seven years.

By now Mut is withered and heavily mended and sporting a homemade green outfit. His original outfit became too worn to stay closed. In those previous 7 years, he seems to have learned to fly.

John and Mut were outside playing. Mut had the odd idea to fly toward a tree and he became stuck. You can see that once stuck, Mut forgets how to fly and he hangs on for dear life. John tried to rescue him as you can see in the image that he is jumping, but he just cannot jump high enough. Mom (me) is called into action. Somehow, we managed to get him down without injury, but of course, a photograph was essential to commemorate the event.

Whoops my story isn’t as long enough!
filler image: My backyard as it looks 11/13/07 Backyard today

If you have photographic evidence of flying stuffed animals that you rescued after first taking a picture, feel free to copy Tressa, I did.

Donna Young

My daughter has a Puffalump. She calls it Puffy, and she still sleeps with it.

— chocolatechic · Nov 13, 05:20 PM · #

I`ve had to rescue beloved animals but not from trees and I never did take any pictures I`ll be sure to do so if this ever comes up around here in the future. Of course now that my son is taller than me and my daughter is getting close to my height it is less likely that they`ll be coming to my rescue - son already does to take care of bugs in the house, still no pictures though :embarrass:

— Elaine · Nov 13, 05:23 PM · #

I do not have any flying Mut or Snowflake stories, but I have certainly enjoyed yours & Tressa`s photos!

Love the splashes of red in your backyard....further proof that we live on the wrong side of the state!

— Sheri · Nov 13, 07:33 PM · #

I have not yet rescued a stuffed animal from a tree, but I am sorely tempted to throw Anemone`s Sherm in one just to watch her jump for it. evil grin

John was such a cute baby!

— Melanie · Nov 13, 10:07 PM · #

Sheri you do live on the wrong side of the state. ;)

Melanie, you should to that!! evil grin

— Donna Young · Nov 14, 04:16 AM · #

I love it, Donna! love

What does possess a child to throw their precious loved one into a tree? laughing

I remember the Puffalump dolls. I do not remember who had one, but someone did. They were nice and squishy and good to love on.

— Tressa · Nov 14, 10:29 PM · #

That is cute. I do not have a photo of a rescued toy. sad

I have had to rescue several toys after the son threw them into the ceiling fan. He was in his crib and I only had to rescue them, so he could throw them at the fan again. There were many squeals of delight when he heard the thump-thump-thump of his precious friends hitting the fan. smilie