21.   She brought Floppy the stuffed toy bunny, a box of Popsicles and her own blanket.

22.   She fills the decorated baskets with homemade cookies, candies and breads plus handmade gifts such as earrings, stuffed toys and embellished T-shirts.

23.   She led me to the display case and pointed out stuffed toy sheep and goats.

24.   She was playing with a stuffed toy when she reached up with her front paws, leaned on him and nuzzled him.

25.   Shops did a thriving business in stuffed toy wolves, books on wolves and T-shirts stamped with wolves.

26.   The customer service representative said her co-workers pass along a stuffed toy gorilla when they notice that a colleague is having a tough time.

27.   The regional Child Advocacy Center in Eugene, Ore., is a one-story building that is filled with stuffed toys and soft furniture.

28.   The same goes for dice and markers in some board games, checkers, marbles, wheels of toy vehicles and decorations on stuffed toys.

29.   The stuffed toy also is a magnet for money.

30.   Thursday morning, Roman Flikshtein crouched near Cookie, who was in her cage, caressing his finger while playing with a stuffed toy.