It is about a stripy horse who is looking for his name and what he is. It happens in a starry night at Mrs Weevil bric-a-brac shop when all the toys in the shop come alive. He finds few friends on his mission to find out who he is. He is befriended Muriel (a hummingbird who flutters off the pattern on a lamp), Hermann (a draught excluder), and Roly and Pitch (penguin-shaped salt and pepper shakers) and embarks on an adventure to meet Ming the Wise. Ming is an ancient Chinese vase cat who is the wisest of them all and could probably tell the stripy horse who he is. Ming finally gives them a hint: Always read the label and with that he went to sleep again. That leave them puzzled. Then Roly and Pitch flick the small label sewn at the stripy horse leg and it read: Stripy Horse Toy Hand Wash. At last the stripy horse knows who he is.
My girls loved the idea that the toys can move. They loved how Muriel can flutter out from the lampshade. We also knew new word: a draught excluder. We wish that stripy horse came in soft plush toy because he is so stripy and colorful and oh-so huggable.
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