The overriding desire of most children is to get and see the soul of their toys, some at the end of a period of use, others straightaway. It is on the more or less swift invasion of this desire that depends the length of life of a toy.
I don’t find it in me to blame this infantile mania; it is a first metaphysical tendency.
Scene no 22: Orchestra
of happy monkeys (Clockwork toys - made in Greece by Fino).
The Text: From the essay Morale du joujou, by Charles Baudelaire.
