Chapter 3 third quarter

Carlos, the buyer of the puppet, has a family of four: the salesman Dan and his wife, the little boy Ted who can't speak yet, and finally Wendy who is about to celebrate her tenth birthday.Obediently staying in the box and listening to the conversations between the members of the family, got this preliminary knowledge. Seeing Wendy smiling when she opened the box, Alan immediately fell in love with this girl. The girl arranged five puppets on the table with the birthday cake, and happily kissed her father on the cheek. "Thank you, Dad." The father picked up Wendy and made sure that his daughter was heavier than a year ago.A part of Ah Lan's oily magic pen eyes always reflected the picture of the family surrounded by happiness.It has been dreaming of the family in the TV series seen in Bell's antique shop.

When Ah Lan was fascinated by the smile of the angelic girl, the little boy was about to grab the prince on the table with his hand wiping the cake.The little boy is Wendy's younger brother, Ted.For a puppet, being touched by dirty hands is an instinctive fear, so Alan became nervous. "No, Ted! No touching!" Ted was knocked aside by his sister and fell to the ground.But he didn't want to cry, but looked at the face of the puppet and his sister in turn, and then fled out of the room.Alan was a little afraid of his slightly gloomy gaze at that time. "I hate that kid! He messed up my books last time."

Father stared at Wendy desperately.By listening to the girl, Alan learned something about Ted.It seemed like the kid was a rough one, always taking pleasure in breaking or dirtying Wendy's precious things.So although he was out of the room, the rest of the family didn't seem to care.Maybe this kind of thing happened frequently in the Carlos family. Not long after, Wendy's mother, named Jennifer, brought food.She couldn't get the gift dirty, so she asked Wendy to take the doll to the children's room on the second floor. The children's room is already filled with many dolls.Bears, puppies, animals of all sizes are sitting on shelves or on beds.Knowing that Wendy likes puppets, Alan's affection for her increased.

Wendy was still smiling, and put the puppets she just got from her father on the table one by one as if she wanted to admire them one by one.First the prince, then the princess, the knight, the white horse, sat them down on the table, and the girl stared at them fascinated.Alan knew that it was his turn next, but for some reason it was not placed on the table, but placed in the corner of the room.Although it felt weird, I didn't think it had any special meaning. The girl turned off the lights in the house and walked out of the room.Alan immediately stood up and walked to the table where the other partners were placed.Alan's left and right legs are not the same length, and she doesn't wear shoes, so her walking posture has always been very strange.If its legs are caught by something, it will definitely fall, so it is often tripped and teased by the white horse, but it never once questions why it is different from other people.

Alan raised his head and saw four puppets on the table talking happily.The topic seemed to be this single-family house that was often cleaned.Ah Lan really wanted to join them, but she was only 30 centimeters tall, so it was difficult to climb up.So it gave up, and asked loudly below: "Why am I the only one not put on the table?" The conversation of the four puppets stopped immediately. "Yes, why exactly?" From above came the voice of the white horse trying to hold back its laughter.Alan didn't understand why it laughed. "I thought of you too." "Absolutely not! If you were here when Wendy came back, wouldn't our ability to move be exposed?"

After the prince said this, they started chatting again as if Alan was not there. "It was so risky just now. Wasn't there a boy named Ted? If he was touched by a hand like that, the stain would never come off. I don't want to be stained. I will never let him touch me. skin! Never!" "Yeah, you should pay attention to the stains from the food." The princess nodded her assent, while her yellow woolen hair fluttered. All of a sudden Alan became tense, and it looked towards the knight, who immediately looked away. Alan wanted to return to the original place before Wendy came back, so he walked back to the corner with strange steps.Maybe that girl was too anxious just now, it must be that she didn't even have time to let me go, she must have stared at me before going to bed.

But as soon as Wendy returned to the room, she immediately lay down on the bed.Of course, she put the gift her father gave her on the pillow and slept with her face in it.Alan, who was not put there, was very envious of the prince and the others on the bed.Surely she'll be playing with me tomorrow, sure I'll be put to bed tomorrow night.Alan, who was left in the corner, thought of this without doubting it at all. But after a few days, no one came to play with Alan. They became Wendy's favorite immediately.Every day when she came back from school, she and her friend Lisa who lived nearby would play with dolls.

And Wendy also thought of new names for the four puppets other than Alan, and Lisa specially made a sword for the knight out of cardboard.The sword was covered with aluminum foil, and the blade shone silver.She glued the sword to the puppet's hand very carefully so that it would stay in place.Liza thought it was strange that a knight didn't hold a sword, so she had to use this sword.She is a handy girl. Liza made a sword that would go well with a knight.One night, Alan told the knight this, but the knight's answer was very cold. "This kind of sword is purely a burden!"

"You have to cherish it, like I didn't even get a name!" Alan was very envious of the other puppets.It thinks that the names and decorations they got from Wendy are all because Wendy cares about their performance.And it got nothing for itself.For this reason, it felt that the knight should be happier. Alan could only watch in the corner of the room as Wendy and Lisa didn't put down the puppets for a moment before eating dinner.Their faces shone brightly when they played, and Alan dreamed that one day he would be able to join his friends and be played with them. Wendy has been careful to protect these puppets from her younger brother Ted's pranks on them, but Carlos's girl cherishes the big cloth bear on the shelf most.This bear is called Marcus by Wendy, and almost every day Wendy combs its golden fur with a brush.Alan heard the words of the prince and the others chatting secretly at night, and knew that Marcus was a gift from her grandmother who lived far away to Wendy.It seems that the princes have a strong jealousy towards Marcus.

One rainy day, when Wendy went to school, something happened.When Alan and the others were walking freely among the empty children, the door was suddenly opened.It turned out to be Ted who was drenched in the rain.Because Suzu had said that if the movement was exposed, they would be sent back, so the puppets stopped hastily.Since it is a puppet, I can't break out in a cold sweat, but if it has a heart, it will probably burst, Alan is so nervous. Ted's soles left muddy shoeprints on the floor, and then walked in front of Ah Lan.No doubt he'd been playing in the mud outside in the rain just now.A Lan thought in amazement: What exactly does he want to do?In front of Alan, Ted grabbed Marcus the bear with his muddy hands.

As expected, Wendy came back from school and was very angry when she saw the dirty Marcus.She involuntarily slapped the culprit Ted several times, and then asked her mother, Jennifer, to help her wash the doll.Wendy is crying.Alan, who is also a puppet, sympathizes with Marcus very much, and at the same time, he hopes that someone can cry for him when he encounters this situation. That night, the prince and the white horse were in an unusually good mood.Wendy's favorite toys were soiled, and they looked so happy. "Honestly, I'm so happy. I was taken aback when Ted barged in, but it would be nice if someone messed up the stuffed animals outside of us every day." Although Alan wanted to refute their words, he still chose to remain silent.At this time, the appearance of Ted appeared in its mind. To be honest, Alan didn't quite understand Ted.Since it was bought to Carlos's house, it had never once seen Ted smile, nor had he seen him cry.No matter how Wendy beat him, he only had resentment on his face, but he never cried.Compared with his sister, who has a variety of expressions, his image is completely different. Whenever Ted tries to touch the stuffed animal, Wendy throws a fit and seems to push him down, so Ted basically plays in another room.Ted seemed to be sleeping next to his parents, and he was basically forbidden to enter the children's room because of his rough behavior.And since that rainy day, the elder sister has not allowed the younger brother to enter the room.That way those baby dolls won't get dirty. By chance, Lisa put down the half-eaten donut and asked Wendy: "What's that weird puppet over there?" A Lan realized that the topic was herself, so she was so happy that she was about to jump up. "Well, it was given by my father when he bought it for my birthday. He said he didn't need money, so he took it back." "That means it's Edward and Mayerie's friend?" It turns out that Wendy dotes on the prince and princess very much. She calls the prince Edward and the princess Mayerly. "No, I don't want this kind of toy!" "Why don't you give it to Ted?!" Wendy seemed surprised by Lisa's proposal. "Yes, you are so right!" Wendy immediately grabbed Alan and took it out of the room. "Hey, this is for you. Then you won't be allowed to touch my doll again." Ted, who was playing with crayons, snatched the puppet given to her by her sister as if snatching it.At the beginning, Alan could not correctly understand the current situation, and wishful thinking that it was only temporary.It must be that Wendy took care of Ted who had no toys, so she lent herself to Ted.Because he keeps breaking the toys that were just bought for him, there are almost no toys.When Alan was in the hands of the little boy who was stained with crayons, she still believed that Wendy would ask her back in a few days. But several days passed, and Wendy still didn't take Alan back. Now Alan is getting dirtier every day.Ted didn't even think about taking good care of the toy his sister gave him, but just roughed it up as he wanted. Alan's arms were stretched until the eye of a needle was about to burst, it thought it was really going to burst.Sometimes Alan was scribbled on by Ted with a crayon, but Jennifer saw this situation and said: "Oh, that's a good drawing!" He didn't show any anger at all.Speaking of the reason, it was because no matter how dirty Alan got, the Carlos family didn't care.Alan felt incredible, this was the first time it had doubts.It felt very disturbed, and if it got spoiled by Ted, wouldn't anyone feel anything?But Alan immediately dismissed this terrible thought, because he felt that no one would let his gift be spoiled in peace. Every day is like hell for Alan.There's nowhere to go, even if you get thrown around hard by Ted, or get smudged and slimy.Jennifer would not wash off the mud and food stains on her body, so Alan had to sneak to the sink to wash her body every night.But most of the dirt couldn't be washed off and left on her body, Alan felt very miserable. And when little Ted walked with the toy, he always carried half of it with one hand.So when Alan was taken outside, her legs were always dragging and rubbing against the ground.Alan was very scared. If this continued, the cloth on her legs would be torn, and the cotton would come out of it.As a puppet, although she doesn't feel any pain, when she imagines the scene where the cloth that makes up her body is torn and the cotton is exposed from her body, Alan's body shakes non-stop and she can't move. In addition, Alan also happened to see something terrible, which was the remains of toys that Ted had broken so far.The arms, legs, and heads of all kinds of toys that had been broken before were piled up in the utility room like a mountain.That's what Alan saw once when Dan was getting a mop from the utility room.Ted's teeth are still clearly visible on the necks of plastic dinosaurs and Disney characters. What's going on here?No matter what kind of puppets and toys before this, they couldn't stand the child's rough treatment!Alan was stunned, and a feeling of terror welled up all of a sudden.Is it possible that I will break down one day, and then be thrown into that box, announcing the end of everything? A few days later, the cloth on Ah Lan's feet finally couldn't bear the friction with the ground and a small hole was broken.At this time, there is no place in its body that is not dirty, and the needle holes in many places are also in danger.If this continues, it will only be a matter of time before Ted messes him up. In the dead of night, after everyone in the Carlos family fell asleep, Alan walked to the children's room.After Jennifer checked to see if her daughter was asleep, she usually left a gap in the door, so Alan could go to see her friends in the room.But the prince and the white horse didn't seem to welcome Alan to the children's room at all, so Alan always stood at the door and looked inside. At the beginning, Alan was still shy about the hole in her foot and always tried hard to hide it.Because unlike myself who gets dirty day by day, the princes are still beautiful and perfect dolls.But once the white horse running around found the hole in Alan's foot, it felt very amused, because it could see the cotton protruding from the hole.In addition, the material in Ah Lan's body seen through the hole is not pure white, the cotton has been slightly yellowed due to the intrusion of dirt over the past few days. "Even the inside of Ah Lan's body is dirty! Like my 'cotton in the stomach' is definitely white. Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, it must be beautiful snow white!" The prince said so, and together with the white horse, he yelled "holes, holes", and laughed at Alan, very proud of himself. "Can you please stop barking?" "Hey, stop barking." The knight spoke for the first time, and the two finally fell silent. "When do you think Wendy will take me back? Being with Ted is so painful!" "Alan, I'm sorry, Wendy won't take you back." replied the princess. "Ah? Why?" "That's because Alan, you are different from us." The white horse smiled happily.Even so, Alan didn't give up hope. She looked up at the angel lying on the bed. She was breathing evenly, and she didn't notice the princes walking around at all. The next day, when Ted was taking a nap, Allen lay beside him and overheard the couple's conversation. "Dan, thanks to that strange doll you brought back, it helped me a lot." Jennifer pointed to Alan and said. "Ted seems to be playing around with it lately." "Yes, but it doesn't cost money anyway, and it doesn't matter if it breaks. Because of this, the kid scribbles on the wall less. The reason for destroying less is because he puts all his energy on this puppet. .He can break a toy in a second, so it's a huge waste to buy him a toy. Right now." Then Wendy appeared. "Wendy, can this puppet just be given to Ted and not go back?" "Of course, Dad, I never want to see that nasty Muppet again." At this time, Alan finally realized that what the prince said was somewhat correct. Ted, who got up after taking a nap, invented the game of stomping on the puppet.In this way, another thread in the eye of a needle was broken on Alan's body.It can't go on like this.Alan always imagined that she was broken and thrown into the hill of discarded toys, and this bad imagination couldn't get rid of it.