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"Let me out of this place! stinking place! LET ME OUT!"
The shopkeeper stared at me, wide eyed. A talking teddy, as if he hadn't seen one before.
"I WANNA GET OUT!"
I've been like this for nearly four months now. I just wanted to go and explore the world outside. And not to be cuddled all day long and remain seated on a soft bed - I'd be kicked out after a few years, or end up being locked in a cupboard or given away to poorer people. I'd be old, and one day recycled to produce cotton clothing. No way, dude!
A little girl, accompanied by her parents came in. This could be my chance. I shut my mouth up, and prayed that she'd choose me. Her eyes turned towards me and I swear I saw it twinkle.
I was finally out, and the shopkeeper releived to have me to. I slowly moved myself away from the little girl's hands which were squeezing the cotton life out of me. I managed to get one arm free and prepared for it. I wanted to see the world, and there's nothing more beautiful than freedom. Thinking about the outer world and freedom seemed to boost my courage.
I struggled free of her tight grasp and made the jump. I fell smoothly on the ground, my cotton legs totally unaffected.
"So long, suckers! Ha!"
The parents were staring at me, wide eyed. I ran away as fast as I could, taking strange roads and barely registering the world around me. After a few hours, persuaded that I was no longer being followed, I started to realise it - I was free! It slowly sank in. I wanted to see the whole world. There's more to life than seeing a shop, a bedroom and a cupboard.
I was at Berlin, in Germany. I thought I'd make a quick visit to the Zoo. Damned monkeys everywhere; they were trying to seduce me into coming into their cage. No way. Also saw some real bears. They're as boring as teddy bears, except for their huge size and their peanut-sized brains. The white "polar" bears weren't extraordinary either. I also several kinds of animals, but then, I was already tired of the zoo. I wanted to see the real world!
I decided to move on to the Alexanderplatz, to check out the view on the city at the Fernsehturm (a tv tower). It wasn't bad, and I got a general idea of where I could go. Next, I moved to a spinning cafe and some käsekuchen (cheese cake). The cafe actually spins 360 degrees on itself in an hour. Although the thing was moving quite slowly, teddy bears are quite sensible to rotation (it's well known). I really couldn't bear it any longer, and puked all over the floor; I quickly gathered my stuff and got the hell out of there.
The next day, I made a quick trip to Potsdam. It's one of the neatest cities I've ever been to, and I made a quick trip to the Sanssouci castle. In my opinion, it's just a damned castle. I just don't understand why people get so excited about it. Anyway, it also had a huge park, which I couldn't resist visiting. Got lost a few times, but I finally made my way out of it, generous of insulting comments about Sanssouci.
Destination: Harz. Nothing much to see. Just rocky mountains (there's the famous german mountain: "Harzer-Hexen-Stieg", which means: hexen witches. Although the existence of entities such as "witches", or "hexen-witches" has never been proved, some innocent minds still believe in that crap). There's just some nice spots to bike and hike. But nothing interesting for a teddy like me.
I decided that it was time to move to another country. Which I did.
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