Friday, April 10, 2020

Please meet Elke, a Steiff Teddy bear hand puppet

Please meet Elke, a Steiff Teddy bear hand puppet.   She has no identification, but she swears she's a Steiff, and I believe her.   According to my research, she would be EAN (European Article Number)  0317,00 and was produced between 1959 and 1967 in West Germany.   She wears her original pink ribbon.  She's made of brown mohair.  Her head is excelsior stuffed, and she has glass eyes.  She is six inches tall and in excellent condition.

Elke has a very serious facial expression, but don't let that fool you.    She's one of the funniest bears you'll ever meet.   (How do Teddy bears cool their homes?   They turn on the bear conditioning!)   She's a very gregarious Ted, and she's always the life of the party.   She's like a magnet for attention.  She has a warm, wonderful laugh and is never afraid to tell an old joke. (What’s a teddy bears favorite pasta?: Tagliateddy!)

When times were tough and money was tight, Elke loved to have fun.  (What did the Teddy bear say when he was offered a second helping? “No thanks; I’m already stuffed!”)  Her family was a cheery bunch and would swap tall tales around the dinner table after noshing on bowls of berries and honey.   That's where she learned about life and was able to practice her silly routines.   Sometimes when she offered a new joke, the other bears would just shake their heads and sigh, but she was not discouraged.  (What's a Teddy bear's favorite drink?   Coca-Koala!)   Life was supposed to be an adventure, wasn't it?

It's not that Elke couldn't be serious.   She was a really good student and graduated school at the top of her class, but when giving her valedictorian speech, she couldn't help herself from throwing in a one-liner just for pure entertainment of the crowd.   (What do you call a Teddy bear with no teeth?  A gummy bear!)  

When she started her first job as a portrait photographer, she wouldn't ask her subject to say, "Cheese," but would get them to smile another way.   (How do you get a bear to stop charging?   Take away his credit cards!)   She works now as a photojournalist for a famous news organization, and she's very much in demand.    She has a sunny disposition, but she also knows there's benefits to doing a good job.   (Why did the Teddy bear get fired from his job?  Because he would only do the bear minimum.)

Sometimes when she's off on an assignment and it's been a long day, she gets in her car, heads for her hotel room, puts on her favorite movie, opens up a bag of popcorn,  and just sits back and relaxes.  (What doesn't a Teddy bear use a GPS?  They never lose their bearings!)   She calls home from time to time just to make everyone giggle.   (Why did the Teddy bear quit her second job?  Because she wanted koala-ty time with her family!)    

As far as relationships go, she's waiting for that special bruin to show up in her life, but for now with all the traveling she does, she's content to be on her own.   (Why did the two bears break up at the North Pole?   They were polar opposites!)   

She's looking forward to a bright future with lots of chuckles and chortles.  (What kind of car does a successful Teddy bear photojournalist drive?   A furrari!)  I think she's on her way.



 





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