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Monday, March 26, 2007

Toys release scrapbooks

TOYS CAMPED OUTSIDE AND QUEUED FOR HOURS last night outside Toyland bookshops when Ducky, Chris and Spurry released their scrapbooks of their trip to Cape Town last month. The Toyland Express now exclusively publishes extracts from the travel books of the year.

Boston's contribution to the world of literature is Ducky's A4-sized multi-coloured book, with some of the pages accidentally stuck together with glue. Handwritten throughout in his best handwriting and with surprisingly few spelling mistakes, it features several steamy pictures of Ducky relaxing by the pool with an unidentified small toy.

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Above: Ducky shows off his Hello Kitty pants as his companion tries to hide from the paparazzi, who later snapped the pair going to the beach together.

Ducky notes how he managed to maintain his immaculately white unblemished feathers in the sunshine. 'I always had a bottle of water nearby,' he writes. 'It's good to remain hydrated. Besides what else do you expect a duck to drink?'

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Ducky Mallard writes highly of the spectacular views found in Cape Town, showing off a picture of him next to Table Mountain.

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He does however also reveal his disappointment that 'there were no ducks wandering around to make friends with, not like San Diego!' Ducky is two years old.

Over in Smallvania, not to be outdone, bookshops have been selling out of a behind-the-scenes royal account of Chris and Spurry's first visit home since arriving in Toyland, written by the King and Queen themselves.

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'Like Ducky, we spent a lot of time relaxing by the pool. Obviously Spurry couldn't go in as it would break her electronic voice!' writes Chris.

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'We made sure we were always covered in sun tan lotion,' writes seasoned traveller Queen Spurry. 'Being only a few inches tall there was plenty in this bottle for both of us!'

The royal scrapbook, priced at a modest £17.99 from all good Bramble Department Stores, also shows a luxury life of meals out every night, including at the Spur restaurant where Spurry was originally taken into Emily's care.

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'Spurry was enjoying her food so much she got it all over her face!' writes Chris.

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Chris shows signs of nostalgia in the lengthy account, expected to be nominated for the Smarties Book Prize. 'That night Chris said to me, "Eu remember when we used to have our own restaurant and put barbecue sauce on the tables!" To which I replied that we never used to have that. I always put the sauce on the tables.' writes HRH Spurry.

One character who went to Cape Town but declined to write a book about it was Cheeky. Insiders believe this is because no photographs were taken of him. The Bostonian palace did release one photo though, of the moment a lion was spotted, who turned out to be Nala's brother, Little Lion!

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Little Lion, later Duke of Boston, in the wild.

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