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Here is the perfect #lockdown story to warm your heart and lift your spirits. My mother’s neighbour, Stella, has been restoring her old teddy bear 
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Ted needed a complete overhaul, so Stella began by taking him apart and washing him https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧸" title="Teddy bear" aria-label="Emoji: Teddy bear">
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Yes, I’m afraid it was necessary to decapitate Ted https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧸" title="Teddy bear" aria-label="Emoji: Teddy bear">
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But slowly, Ted began to look like his old (new) self again https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧸" title="Teddy bear" aria-label="Emoji: Teddy bear">
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And now he is back in Stella’s arms https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧸" title="Teddy bear" aria-label="Emoji: Teddy bear">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">
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But that’s not the whole story. I asked Stella to explain why Ted’s restoration was so important to her, and she told me this story:
‘64 years ago (ish) I got Ted for Christmas and hated the miserable little runt and demolished him in a temper tantrum. Years later I realise it was all my mum could afford. So this week I made amends, chatted (in my head) to my mum and all is good.’
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