I know you said this was inspired by Corduroy (the book), but this has been my mental image of Theodore for a while now:-

It took Gryphon ages to do his little hat.

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"She's old, she's lame, she's barren too, // "She's not worth feed or hay, // "But I'll give her this," - he blew smoke at me - // "She was something in her day." -- Garnet Rogers, Small Victory

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