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\n \nFinally, the children register their new bear's details on one of the special computers. Ben sat down next to a little girl clutching a bright pink glittery girl bear and proceeded to tap in his details onto the keyboard – with careful supervision, of course. (An added bonus is that when the children get home they can play with their bear in the virtual world on the Build-A-Bear website – so they can see an avatar of themselves, and their bear. Genius.) <\/p>\n
An hour after we first entered the store we emerged with Ben… and Pongo. The little girl named her bear Thomas Cook. <\/p>\n
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