There's Woody, the old-fashioned cowboy with a pull-string who's been the favorite toy of a young boy named Andy for a long, long time.

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Even a six-inch string could be potentially harmful to a baby in a crib, where pull toys sometimes wind up.

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After a while, your thoughts will drift off to the unused siding where the old tall weeds are, and the string of curving words will toot a mournful toot and pull ahead.

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