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Saturdays were usually busy at Dreamland, and today was no exception. Adam spent these busy days

welcoming customers and helping them find toys that would make them smile.

He was growing a bit older now, but Dreamland always kept him feeling young.

Each ding on the bell of the entrance door, signalled a new person in search of a little joy.

Of course, children typically bore the most excited expressions,

but the best thing about Dreamland was that adults loved it too.

Adam prided himself on his creativity. The store had all of the usual toys,

teddy bears, dolls, model airplanes, hula hoops, and balls,

but it also had all kinds of playful inventions, like a contraption that poured a glass of water

while telling a joke, and stuffed animals that chased each other across a miniature savanna.

Helicopters flew across the ceiling, and toy monkeys climbed up and down the shelves.

It was like hearted work, and Adam loved it.

It spent hours imagining ways to decorate parts of the store.

One circular room was dedicated to outer space, a glimmering white shuttle filled with

astronauts, flew between planets, as a myriad of stars twinkled on the walls.

Around the corner was the country western section, where Cowboys rode horses across the open range,

and a conveyabout retrieved gold from deep inside a rocky canyon.

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