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A Toy (n.) like ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the toy soldier is the child to be protected and the virile hero at the front, in one figure.

A Toy (n.) should ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠last a whole childhood, perhaps a whole life, with neither secrets nor weaknesses, because for the child it is the prototype of the world.

A Toy (n.) only ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠needs to work on the store counter, as far as adults can tell; the child learns the difference when it breaks in his hands.

A Toy (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the other half of a broken coin: like the symbolon, it is the ego's correlate in the world, and it fits the child as its twin.

A Toy (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not what an adult sells as a toy: it can be an animal, a tree, a rock, an old clock, anything the child elects without adult intervention.

A Toy (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is a favorite is replaceable: a yellow hen may be replaced by another yellow hen, its supposed daughter, and the dynasty of Little Yellows goes on like a line of car models.