One of SteelyKid's birthday gifts from my parents was a wheeled wooden penguin on a stick. If you roll it along the ground, the wings flap, with a very satisfying clacking noise. It took SteelyKid a little while to get the hang of it, but she's got the idea now:
Really, I don't have anything to say here, other than "Look at the silly flappy penguin toy!"
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Outstanding.
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I will say it again, that's one cute little person.
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