One of my favorite toys from childhood was a doll named Malika. Actually she was a unique plaything for me for my childhood. I can vividly memorize the day when I received a this toy as a gift from my parents in my sixth birthday. From that day on she was my confident and endowed with how I could talk for hours and hours since I was extremely talkative and had no one to talk to in my childhood. That nostalgia brings me back to the days when I was an innocent child with lots of dreams and nothing to do. I can remember the times when I was sitting the whole day with my toy and playing around. She had that complex of shoes which I can say became a factor with fueling my imagination because I decided to sew some new clothes for her so that I could modify and make new looks for my favorite doll. She brings that kind of sentimental value because as I said lately that doll became the factor influencing my imagination and also more than a plaything she was the symbolization of forms and kindness since I could… I don’t like…
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One of my favorite toys from childhood was a doll named Malika. Actually, she was a unique plaything for me during my childhood. I can vividly remember the day when I received this toy as a gift from my parents on my sixth birthday. From that day on, she was my confidant, and I could talk for hours since I was extremely talkative and had no one to talk to in my childhood. That nostalgia brings me back to the days when I was an innocent child with lots of dreams and nothing to do. I can remember the times when I would sit the whole day with my toy and play around. She had a complex of shoes, which I can say became a factor in fueling my imagination because I decided to sew some new clothes for her so that I could modify and create new looks for my favorite doll. She holds a kind of sentimental value because, as I mentioned, that doll became a factor influencing my imagination. More than a plaything, she symbolized forms of kindness since I could... I don't like...
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