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If I thought Indonesia could slam it out of the park as far as they shot this kitsch-krested pencil case every time they turned out another product I’d sign up for the mystery package monthly home delivery! Man, this thing is truly insane. Big, ratty cabbage patch-reminiscent heads with little tuffs of madness as limbs…
![pencil-case_4703](https://www.alleewillis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pencil-case_4703.jpg)
…and what looks like laundry lint for hair.
![pencil-case_4704](https://www.alleewillis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pencil-case_4704.jpg)
And how about that nose?! Eyes don’t seem very important to this pencil case.
![pencil-case_4746](https://www.alleewillis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pencil-case_4746.jpg)
Lucky for me, there were three of these tucked into the bin at Dollar Tree.
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Apparently, 2/3s of the litter are elephants:
![pencil-case_4747](https://www.alleewillis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pencil-case_4747.jpg)
Although they only got half as much lace around the collar as their sock muffin sister, they got much fancier fabric for cuffs, or should I say arms.
![pencil-case_4748](https://www.alleewillis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pencil-case_4748.jpg)
I never would have pegged these pouches as pencil cases.
![pencil-case_4699](https://www.alleewillis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pencil-case_4699.jpg)
Although there’s a nice supply of shredded paper inside keeping the little girls/boys/unidentifiable lifeforms nice and plump,…
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…the cases aren’t quite long enough to get a whole pencil in should you be starting with a brand new just-sharpened-once one. It’s an excellent sign in a kitsch world when what the purpose of an object hasn’t been taken into account in its design.
So girl/boy/unidentifiable lifeform, smile for the camera, though not necessarily the pencil case!
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