Ha, that works! The reference to Corduroy was really just a wink to the materials involved, anyway; the bear isn't meant to look like the one in the book. Swap in a few more obviously improvised bits (the eyes and nose, for instance, are presumably not bespoke stuffed-bear parts), and you're there. I thought about mentioning that he's wearing wire pince-nez (as TR was wont to do), but decided that would reduce huggability to an unacceptable degree.

>It took Gryphon ages to do his little hat.

Heh, and now I'm picturing Remi's bemusement as she tries to figure out what the bit he's working on is without interrupting him by asking. :)

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