He’s very photogenic, except on windy days. Again, we photographed Stanley at every stop along the way. Over New Year’s weekend we traveled to visit my family. Maybe he doesn’t like lefse and lutefisk any more than I do.
He was alone, cold and hungry while we sat inside eating traditional Scandinavian fare. Then we forgot him in the car on Christmas day. I felt horrible, but he didn’t seem to mind. He wasn’t hurt, but the ink on his shirt smeared. The first clue that we weren’t cut out to be host parents might have been when I dropped Stanley face down in the snow during a photoshoot. He had the time of his life, though he never actually said so. Once we arrived at my in-laws’, we showed him the sites in their town. We got some curious looks from other tourists when Stanley and I posed next to an interstate rest stop, but Stanly wasn’t embarrassed. We photographed Stanley at every stop we made along our eight-hour drive to visit relatives. My husband colored him with magic markers and we set off to show him our life. He came without a stitch of clothing so our first job was to dress him. My niece the kindergarten teacher sent Stanley to us shortly before Christmas. At least, that’s how it’s supposed to work. Students send him to friends or relatives and after his visit, hosts return him with a journal and photographs of his adventures. Classrooms everywhere use Flat Stanley paper cutouts in educational projects. And he travels a lot because stamps are cheaper than airline tickets. He slips under doors into locked rooms, and he travels by mail to visit friends.
When he and his brother fly kites, he’s the kite. In the story, Stanley Lambchop is flattened by a bulletin board, but he makes the most of his new physique. And it did get tough.įlat Stanley is a paper doll based on a children’s book by Jeff Brown. In fact, he smiled no matter how tough his life got. He was around eight inches tall and paper thin. He came to us in the mail, which is an unusual way for a visitor to arrive. Only the facts have been changed to protect the guilty.
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