Why don’t they make cereal anymore like Twinkles? As this commercial shows, the box came with a storybook on the back, with such stories as “Sleepy the Baby Kangaroo” and “The Lion Who Loved Himself.” Oh wait, kids can’t read anymore. Rats.
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Why don’t they make cereal anymore like Twinkles? As this commercial shows, the box came with a storybook on the back, with such stories as “Sleepy the Baby Kangaroo” and “The Lion Who Loved Himself.” Oh wait, kids can’t read anymore. Rats.
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