My Favorite Toy

My Favorite Toy

by Aniruddha

Do you know what my most favorite thing in my room is? It is my soft toy and sleeping buddy, a stuffed tiger. I named him Matthew and I enjoy playing with it and making up imaginary games with it.

My mother gave me a gift card of $10 at Target because I did very well at my studies and homework. So we went to Target to find my reward to spend my gift card on. First, I could not decide what to pick. I looked at footballs and table tennis balls, because these are my favorite sports. But, I did not find anything that I really needed. Then I asked my mother for a dinosaur toy and we went looking for a dinosaur. We saw one but they were so tiny that I decided I really did not want it. Then I saw these stuffed animal toys – there were elephants, tigers, and hippos.

Have you ever read a comic book called “Calvin and Hobbes”? Hobbes is Calvin’s stuffed tiger, but he is a real tiger for Calvin, while everyone else like his mother, father, teacher and friend only see him as a stuffed toy. So, the tiger that I found in Target looked exactly like Hobbes. He looked really funny. That is why I decided to buy the stuffed tiger. He is orange in color with black stripes. He has a long tail and a really funny looking moustache.

When I got the stuffed tiger home, I was trying to decide what to call him. My mother said you can name him Hobbes but I did not want to copy the book because I am not Calvin. So I decided to name him Matthew and now we are “Ani and Matthew”, just like, “Calvin and Hobbes”. I made up a game called “Tiger Football” that I play with Matthew. It’s a fast and fun game. Matthew also helps me from getting bored during homework time and he sleeps next to me during night time. He is a big tiger so he helps to chase away any monsters that come in my dreams.

If you ever visit me at home, I would like to show you my Matthew toy. My sister and all my friends like him and I am sure you will too. He is my best buddy!