The Strange Story
<The Strange Story> ‘The strange Story’ is a wooden puzzle toy containing 11 different animal figures with different characters each. This product is a handmade toy which shows the natural beauty of the pure materials, grain of the wood. The toy can also be used as a part of decoration and child’s toy at the same time. In addition, a story book comes along with the product. The story book of the ‘The Strange Story’ is not just an ordinary story book. The role of the story book is a device that connects the toy and the child to create a new form of a toy. These newly formed toys made by the creativeness of a child are sometimes a toy, sometimes an object which will live forever in a child’s memory.
The Strange Stor y 1. The elephant, want to be giraffe. 2. The Tree, dislikes land. 3. The old shrimp man. 4. The shy fish. 5. The cricket, loving sun. 6. The hippo, looks like a rhino. 7. The walking octopus. 8. The lazy donkey. 9. The ray, wants to fly. 10. The lying bird. 11. The snake, with two heads.
The elephant, want to be giraffe. There is elephant, who wants to be a giraffe. She is so envious of goraffe's slim neck and skinny legs. So she makes her thick legs long and skinny. She cuts the long nose and large ears. "If I have long neck, I would be a giraffe." she is very happy. Why does she wants to be a giraffe?
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The tree, dislikes land. There is a tree which dislikes land. The tree wants to be far away from land. So roots become longer than branches. Most of his leaves are fallen down. The tree is left with only bare branches. Why doesn't the tree like? the land? 4
The old shrimp man. There is an old shrimp man. He lives in the sea, for 100 years. He is tired of living the sea. "I'll go to land! I want to see the new world!" Can he come to the land?
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The shy fish. There is a shy fish. He hides his body under the sand. His face is disguised as seaweed and coral. Nobody knows where the fish is. One day friends come. "Why don't you come outside? let's play!" "No~ No~" Why is he hiding?
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The cricket, loving sun. There is a cricket, falling in love with the sun. He sings a song for the moon till that time. But now, he sings for the sun. "Oh~ Sole Mio~ Oh~ Sole mio~" How is the cricket falling in love with the sun?
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The hippo, looks like a rhino. There is a hippo who looks like a rhino. Everyone regards him a rhino. “Hey rhino, why are you always in the water?” “I’m a hippo! Not a rhino!” He thinks everyone is a fool not to distinguish rhino and hippo. How can he let them know him a hippo?
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The walking octopus. There is an octopus likes walking more than swimming. “Why don’t you swim like any other fish?” “I prefer walking to swimming. Try walking graciously like me.” “You will be eaten by a shark while walking slowly.” But he keeps walking. What makes him walk?
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The lazy donkey. There is a lazy donkey. “He really doesn’t like to work. “It’s time to work, donkey. So many things to carry.” “I hate working. Why should I work all day?” How can he stay without working?
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The ray, wants to fly. There is a ray who wants to fly. He believed that he can fly with his big wings like flying fish. “Hey, flying fish, how can I fly like you?” “Just jump out of water and flap your wings, it’s so cool.” The ray envies flying fish proudly flies. Why does he want to fly?
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The lying bird. There is a bird always lying. He never flies. “Why are you laying all day?” “I’m not just lying, watching the sky. Try this, the sky is so beautiful.” Why does he feel sky beautiful?
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The snake, with two heads. There is a snake with two heads. They don’t like each other. “I want to go left.” / “No, I want to go right.” “I want to have a tail like any other snakes. It’s because of you!” “No. I want to have a nice tail with bell. It’s because of you!” How can they get familiar?
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The Strange Story
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