Again when I was a wee little Vampyrekitten
with lots of curly curly ringlets and bouncy bouncy jelly shoes (well I was a bouncy kid but I digress).

I LOVED Humphrey B Bear. Now I don't know if you brits have him but he is TOPS for a little kid. He was the bees knees, the big Kahuna, he was The man
All in all, he was a pretty cool six foot tall brown bear in a check waistcoat with a straw hat and a lovely big bow tie. He looked like this. I thought he was very very tops. He was a mute but I didn't care.

I had my own Humphrey B Bear toy and everything!

So one day, there's me, a wee little vampyrekitten, playing with my Humphrey B Bear and my "The Wiggles Big Red Car", and mum comes in all excited.
"Vampyrekitten! You'll never guess who I saw at the shops today!"
Indeed I did not have the faintest clue and told her that.
"Come on! We're going back to the shops!" Said mother. Duly - I picked up my faithful Humphrey B Bear (for he went EVERYWHERE with me) and we walked the half a block to the shops.

And THERE HE WAS.

Humphrey.
HUMPHREY B BEAR was in the shops half a block from MY house! He must have wanted to come say hi to me! He was dancing along to the music. But what was this? Some skinny tart blonde girl was dancing with him and talking to him!

I was crushed. I turned to my mum and cried my little heart out. She picked me up and carried me over, me still sniffling and clutching my toy Humphrey B Bear for all it was worth.

And then Humphrey gave me a balloon and a lollypop AND a hug.

And all was instantly right with the world.
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 17 Apr 2009, 4:36, 4 replies)

Humphrey B Bear . . .
That story takes me back to when I used to love (and still do) Mr B Bear . . . he was/is ace!!

You *were* lucky - I never got to meet him:)

Yay Humphrey!



(I had the stuffed bear too)
( Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Fri 17 Apr 2009, 5:04, closed)

Awww
Just awwwww.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 17 Apr 2009, 10:38, closed)

^ This
x8
(TheColonel, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 10:52, closed)

ahah
I told mum after I posted this that I remember it and she was well chuffed that this was "the highlight of my early childhood".
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 17 Apr 2009, 13:17, closed)