In a sweet story reminiscent of the Velveteen Rabbit, a young boy’s favorite stuffed animal is sleeping soundly again in the arms of his owner following a harrowing few days of separation.

The Kay family was returning home from a ski holiday when they parked at a rest stop in Wyoming. A wild rangebound wind was whipping across the interstate that day.

Inside the car were parents Bill and Christina, and their 8-year-old boy William who was sitting in the back of the car with his best friend, a dog plushie named, well, Dog. The little brown stuffie was given to Christina as a present at her baby shower—the guest not knowing if it were to be a boy or a girl.

Dog and William slept together ever since. It was Christina’s idea to have lunch at the rest stop, and raced out to get their sandwic

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