Fuzzy Town––A Play

Once upon a time there was a village of dolls. They were all happy and got along with each other.

Each doll had a bag of warm fuzzies.

Whenever one of the dolls would meet another doll, she would give then a warm fuzzy from their bag. 

The warm fuzzy made that doll feel happy and content.

Whenever one of the dolls would see another doll do something difficult, they would give that doll a warm fuzzy from their bag.

That doll would take the warm fuzzy and put it into their own bag. It would make them feel happy and content, too.

If one of the dolls received help from another doll, they would give that doll a warm fuzzy.

That doll would take the warm fuzzy and put it into their own bag. It would make them feel grateful and happy that they had helped.

One day a mean sorcerer came to the little village. He was angry because everyone was happy and content because of the warm fuzzies. He told them if they gave away their warm fuzzies, they would run out of them and not have any more left.

The sorcerer gave each doll a bag of cold pricklies. "Give these out instead," he said.

The dolls knew that the warm fuzzies were what made them happy and content. They had never thought that they might run out of warm fuzzies. It did not sound good. It made them afraid that if they didn't have any warm fuzzies, they would be unhappy, so they did as the sorcerer said. Each time one doll met another doll, they would give that doll a cold prickly from their bag. They kept their bags of warm fuzzies at home, where they would be safe.

The other dolls would take the cold pricklies. It would make them feel sad and angry.

Soon everyone in the town was feeling sad and angry except the mean sorcerer, who chuckled to himself and crept back to his castle.

In this town there was a doll named Dana, who was a little smarter and wiser than the rest of the dolls about such things.

She did not like the bag of cold pricklies, so she took out each cold prickly and threw it into the closet. Each time she threw away a cold prickly, she said to it, "You will not make me unhappy. You will not make me sad or angry."

Everyone in town was now angry and sad except for Dana. After a while, they began to notice that Dana was still giving out warm fuzzies and was still happy.

They asked her what her secret was.
Dana smiled and gave each of them a warm fuzzy from her bag.

Then the smart doll showed them her bag. It was still full. "You can never run out of warm fuzzies," she said. "Every time you give a warm fuzzy away to someone, a new one grows in its place! The sorcerer lied to us."

The other dolls looked at each other in amazement. They did not like feeling angry and unhappy. They wanted to be happy and content again. They remembered how it felt to give someone a warm fuzzy. It was almost the same feeling as getting a warm fuzzy from someone else.

The dolls left their bags of cold pricklies and went home to get their bags of warm fuzzies.

When the dolls came back again with their bags of warm fuzzies, they wondered what to do with all the bags of cold pricklies. 

"I threw mine in the closet," said the smart doll, "but I have a better idea. Lets use them to play jacks!" The smart doll pulled out a ball she had brought along.

So they did. They all sat down and played with the cold pricklies and had fun together. The cold pricklies couldn't make them feel sad or angry anymore. They had lost their power. The mean sorcerer was angry, but he had lost his power over the the dolls, too, so he couldn't do anything about it.

The dolls never forgot the lesson they had learned: Giving away warm fuzzies makes more grow in their place. You can never run out of warm fuzzies, and it feels good to give them away!

Here are some warm fuzzies for you, dear reader. The dolls love you and are happy that you read their stories.

You can give the warm fuzzies away and never run out. Don't believe it if someone tries to tell you that you will!


Cast--
Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni
Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend
Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London

Special note to adults and older children: The writer came across this story in 1973. Many thanks to the anonymous commenter who headed us to the original source, Claude Steiner, a psychotherapist, who published the original story in 1969, "A Warm Fuzzy Tale."

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