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Boy, 6, reunited with toy octopus after it fell onto train tracks in east London

A six-year-old boy has been reunited with his toy octopus after it fell on to train tracks, thanks to the kindness of a stranger and a Facebook group.

Raffi Kier got the toy, called Tenny, for his fourth birthday. He has taken him on holiday and sleeps with him every night.

“He goes everywhere with him,” Raffi’s mother Amy Kier, who lives in south-east

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