C-VILLE Kids! Toy story

A horse is a horse, of course. Unless you ask 2-and-a-half-year-old Ella Watson, whose four-legged friend, Horsey, can not only fly but is also able to provide rides for Barbie. Ella received Horsey as a gift from her grandmother on her first birthday and they’ve been inseparable ever since, sleeping and traipsing around the house together. Says Ella’s mom, Kara, “Horsey gets lots of hugs and Eskimo kisses.”

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