Can you find this missing plush octopus?

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Graphic by Kash Patel

Ontario is a large province filled with many good people, however, sometimes a story comes up that makes you question how some of its residents could be so cruel. 

On November 14 at 1 Bayside Lane in Toronto, a little girlโ€™s reversible plush octopus was stolen and has not yet been recovered. This plush toy meant the world to three-year-old Corvette as the toy was a goodbye gift from her mother shortly before she passed away.

Corvetteโ€™s aunt put up a post on the โ€œBuy and Sell KWโ€ Facebook page asking if someone in Kitchener was willing to donate a new plush toy, despite it obviously not holding the same sentimental value as the lost present. I talked to her about this very upsetting matter in which she told me a little about Corvetteโ€™s relationship with her mother.

โ€œI have never seen such a good relationship between mother and daughter, they did literally everything together.โ€

Corvette took the toy with her everywhere she went. Ever since it was lost, Corvetteโ€™s heart has been broken and her sorrow has increased. In a cruel twist of irony, the location where the toy was lost was also a favorite location of Corvette and her mother.

โ€œThey were like best friends and even referred to each other as โ€˜Miss,โ€™ it was so adorable.โ€

The young child already had to cope with an unimaginable tragedy, the loss of this important memento is far more than anyone should have to bear.

The toy is a reversible plush octopus with a โ€˜red appleโ€™ design on one side, and โ€˜orangeโ€™ on the other. If you have any information about the lost item please comment on the โ€œBuy and Sell KWโ€ post (itโ€™s captioned โ€œBaby Girl Robbedโ€) or you can email us at editor@thecord.ca.

Nobody deserves to have this happen to them. The plush really means a lot to this girl so if you have any information, please let us know.


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