By the time the ship was manoeuvring through the English Channel talk got around that our destination is Hamburg, Germany. A more important information was released somewhere in the back of the container as well, it seems that some were very well informed for they knew that we all were toys and would be given to children as presents. We bears eventually received some special attention while more information about our faith was revealed.
Bears, it was said are special toy for kids. Every child in Europe has a special bear from birth and while some bears meet their child in curious circumstances many or maybe even most get one from a toy shop. We were all going to toy shops to be sold and given to kids. Excited talks begun about the kind of child, family bears wanted to be in.
Many were hoping for a wealthy or upper middle class family in afluential neighbourhood with a nice garden and well trained children. Others were hoping for a child from a working class neighbourhood who would value his bear forever. I thought both groups were over idealizing the potentials of reality while occasionally subtly hinting about it in public. But secretly I just hoped to find a home where I can be happy and loved. At the time I wasn’t aware of the moments of horror that I still have had ahead of me before meeting my family. And none of us was aware that Hamburg wasn’t our destination but a hub only where our container rested for a few days before moved on towards Helsinki.
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