A surprise

Never let anyone tell you that [The Man I Love] isn't a smarty. He read my PROMPTuesday post about childhood toys and.....

A few days ago we received a package. Guess what it was?

[The Man I Love] went to the Ebay seller I snicked the photo from, and bought the little car for me!!!!


Here it is. It is a lot smaller than I remember - but I think probably it's the same size for grown-up hands as it seemed for child-sized hands at the time I remember it.

It's green and orange. Not quite the same colors as the one I had as a kid, but then, my brother's car was a different color than mine, so they must have had an assortment.

See how it opens up? It's just as I remember. It's got the same rubbery plastic feel and smell, too, as I remember. The little axles pop in and out of the plastic fittings, like any other cheap toy. Such a cheap little thing, so priceless a memory.

I found a couple of toys to take a ride in it. This is the little clay pig that came with a wonderful handmade pottery mug I bought from Gary Rith, along with a tiny Maneki Neko I bought as a good-luck gift for [The Man I Love].

He read my post and he bought the little car for me. Isn't he sweet?