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Imaginary Friends

Lots of people have imaginary friends. Sometimes they make good company, sometimes they’re not very nice. But they’re always great for the imagination!

Tell us about your imaginary friend here. What’s their name? What kind of being are they – a human, an animal, an alien or perhaps something completely different? What do you get up to with your imaginary friend?

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Imaginary Friends

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When they were young

By Kathy

My youngest child Bethan is only two and can be found always to be speaking to behind the sofa where she says 'cASTA' is. I do not know where she got the name Casta from, as it is not a proper name. I often encourage my twins who are four with their creativeness. They are now five and have just started school but when they were around four at home they were amused for hours by Beep, a bright yellow car who could smile and talk, Jajay, named after their oldest cousin, he is funny and amusing and always gives them lemonade for drinks. Kitty is a ginger cat who catches fish and always purrs. I encourage what they are doing as they are usin g imagination which I heartily like rather then being brainwashed by telivision.

Foster carers

By Roseanna

I own Harleygreen House. It is imaginary and is a care home for imaginary friends. These are my favourite in there- Lulu, she has blonde hair and violet eyes. She smiles a lot and loves to go to sleepovers. She hates meat and is vegatarian. She is pretty and good at singing. Minnie, she is a baby ostritch who can talk.She is quite tall and gets on with everyone. She is up for adoption and is sweet with an older sister called Hetty. Blue is a blue bear the size of a tedy bear. He can talk but needs help in reading and writing and has got communcation problems. Reem is a boy who has black hair and is thirteen.He was born in India and is clever. Reem is very mysterious and is teased at school as he was a refugee from Samalia. Reem's parents abandoned him and I discovered him at the dump wherehe was living on his own. Reem likes Minnieand they play toghether.

me imaginary friend and her dog.

By megan

I have i imaginary friend becues i only have 2 friends at school. they are my imaginary friend they are called lola is the girl and woof is the dog .

Hope, Constance, Patience.

By Roseanna

I am seven, and I have a friend called Jodie, she has dull brown hair, greeny-brown eyes and looks rather normal. Her long hair is tangly and she speaks in a whisper. I discovered Jodie at Tesco's with my mum. Jodie was buying a packet of Frosties and some biscuits. Jodie only eats sweet things, when I started school she got me into trouble because she did not pick up paints or glitter but spilled them.I have three kittens, Hope, Constance and Patience. Hope is biggst and is a mackerel tabby. Hope loves to try and catch the real fish in our tank. She has not yet, but she is a very hopeful little cat. Constance is a ginger tabby and she is very loud, she is always mewing however much food or water or toys or warmth or cuddles you give her. Patience is the smallest and prettiest. She has black ears, a black tail and a black leg at the back. She is the smallest meaning she waits till last to get the milk. She is patient and loves to cuddle up to you or play with the kittens.

Our Imaganary Friends

By Amy And Brogan

We Are Both 11 When We Were 8 We Made-Up An ImagInary World it was fab But We Dont Have Them Any More!!!!! Me Amy I had one called Rainbow and me Brogan I had one called Nicole Me Amy my town Was called ravendale (Brogan Hates All This Imaginary Talk But Me Amy I Still Like It!!)

Fred and me

By Cate

Well, I have an imaginary friend. His name is Fred Willows. I met him at the beach in a place called Leeman, WA When I was six. I took him home to our beach house and kept him in the front bedroom's closet. We left to go home from Leeman and He was left behind so he ran after the car all the way home. (2 hours). i forgot about him for ages and now I am 11 and i saw him at school. I was playing with him and I lost him but now he is sitting on the couch.

back when we were all children

By Brogan M 11

when me and my twin Kenzi and our little sister who was 3 at the time we uplaoded tones of stories here about our imaganary friends here i will tell you about them well Carys our little sister had a whole world of imaganary things she had tones of dogs and one inpaticular she allways used to have was a black labradoor called Norghton no one no's why any way she allways had norghton with her he had brown eys and a little brown nose but the reason she allways had Norghton with her is beacuse if you ever cryed he would come and sit next to you and when evr you were talking to him he would stick his ears up so you knew he was listening and he could shrink into your pocket and hop out that size and then shake and he would be back to normal mine and Kenzi's friend was a Genie that would grant you any thing you wanted and not only would you amagine it would come true it actully would like when our perents split up we wished they would get back together and they are now scary might have ago now!! the Genie's name was blue strange name but he was all blue and inside Blue's lamp there was a reset button that could undo any wish that you wanted.

Mouse

By Debbie

When I was growing up I had an imaginary friend called Mouse, who was, not surprisingly, a Mouse. He was about 2 feet high and blue - he also looked suspiciously like Mickey (which goes to show how influenced by tv I was). But my folks say they remember me speaking into cupped hands to him when I was really little so perhaps he could change size or he grew or something like that. We used to have long conversations, read books, read the encyclopedia and play monopoly. I remember him being there until I was about 6 or 7 then I decided I was too old for him and tried to squash him with a big book (I knew he was just imaginary so wasn't worried about killing my friend). It didn't hurt him, but he got angry and went away. I also use to have a little red jeep (about 1 foot high) that would drive along next our car on long road trips. He had a smile face on the front and would keep me amused for hours. - Debbie (26)

Me and my Dog and Monkey

By charly

I found Bubbles and Fuzzy on the 3 of December 2001 Bubbles is a dog and Fuzzy is a space monkey they do every with me I cant live with out them

Laura

By kenzi hill 8

i have an imaginary friend called Laura i only just descovered her last week Laura goese modelng, Dance and Drama she likes going on holiday school trips and on adventures. her favorite coulor is baby blue. her eyes are blue and her hair is blonde she has a side fringe to. Laura has 1 dog called toffe and 2 guinie pigs named harrry and maisy. she is shy but when u get to know her she talks Laura has a twin sister called Megan. Laura is the same age as me 8.

my imaginary freind dilly

By scarlet

hello my amagenery friends name is dilly and she is very kind and she shears with me and we like to go to the park together.

my imagiary cave man

By charlie maneh

By charlie maneh i first discovered him in 2006 november 13th he was rather weird at first but once you get to know him he's really funny and adventureous and he's about 2 and a half meters and he will only come to you if he's seen you before. and he's really dirty.