heres breathless:: [link]

for some plushies, goodwill is enough. a shelf of friends, everyday a new adventure, but not for breathless. first off, all the plushies on his side of the shelf thought he was strange and creepy, yet he never did anything to upset them. breathless was misunderstood, all he wanted was a loving buddy and a warm bed to sleep in. was that too much to ask for? so he spent his days, waiting for it to be over when, one afternoon after a nap, he woke up to find himself in a cart with a large woman complaining about how lice-collecting stuffed animals are standing over him. for breathless, the woman's opinion didnt matter, he had hope wherever he was going would be happier than where he was. as patiently as he could, breathless took in the toy aisle like it was the last time he would ever see it. nothing spectacular, just same aisle as always. a duck he never learned the name of fell off the top shelf as the woman kept digging. it landed at the feet of a girl who had,.. mismatched shoes. breathless wondered why someone would wear two different shoes, but as an after thought, told himself why not?. she turned with red, a fire-engine red bear, who was very rude to the rest of the plushies. as breathless kept thinking the girl deserved better, the woman started chatting with the girl. more talking to her than with her, as the girl said 2 words the entire time. he started to listen to their conversation, curious, then, all of breathless's previous tentative hope melted. the woman spoke of a one year old rottweiler in need of new toys and, soon after, complained, again, how stuffed animals we useless and collected fleas. this home would not be joyful. she then pulled a bag of 'the b's' off a shelf. the b's were a group of rude plushies who always bossed everyone around and thought they owned everything. no one could complain, because they had violence on their side. the woman started talking louder, pulling breathless's mind off of that train of thought. just as the woman started to talk about what a bargain price these toys were and how they would be perfect for her puppy. the next thing breathless knew, he was in the arms of the girl with mismatched shoes along with an elephant simply named 'floppy'. breathless had been on the road to friendship with floppy until she was moved to next shelf up. breathless stayed where he was on that lonely shelf, but despite his lonely, misunderstood past, breathless felt hope. maybe breathless had a chance of joy in this world after all.