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A great fall proves too much for amusement park’s Humpty Dumpty; he’ll have to be rebuilt
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Original Publication Date: July 11, 2014 3:21AM
Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 10:41PM
SALEM, Ore. – The nursery rhyme proved right: Humpty Dumpty couldn’t be put together again.
But the owner of an Oregon tourist attraction vows to build Humpty anew.
Last weekend, two men planning a photograph jumped on the wall where the statue of rebar, cement, sand and plaster had sat for 40 years.
And, you know how it goes: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
Sculptor Roger Tofte tells the Salem Statesman Journal (http://stjr.nl/1mDcaL5 ) Humpty was in too many pieces to fix, but the two men offered to pay for a new one. He says it will take a month to build.
The 84-year-old Tofte has been running the Enchanted Forest along Interstate 5 south of Salem since 1971. It’s 20 acres of rides and sculptures based on fairy tales and nursery rhymes.
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Information from: Statesman Journal, http://www.statesmanjournal.com
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