It was a big white monkey with a brown bow tie with white polka dots. It never occurred to me as a child that there could be an exact same toy in the world that someone owns.

One day I went to a plant store that also sold toys. I found the exact same toy sitting on the top shelf in the dark, but its coat color was brown.

I saw this toy a couple more times, but it wasn't until many years later that I was able to realize that my toy was not the only toy in the world.

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