I’m quite a soft touch when it comes to toys (you could say I have never grown up), and the folorn sight I chanced upon yesterday really pulled the old heart strings. I was walking down my street when I saw something bright green that had been mangled up in the road. On closer inspection I saw it was a giant stuffed snake complete with multiple tyre marks where he had been caught up under the wheels of passing vehicles. I couldn’t just leave him there, so scooped him up under my arm and treated him to some tlc courtesy of the washing machine. A couple of hours later and he was on the line, looking very pleased with himself. So I present to you Hissing Sid, the latest member of the family:
