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What Your Favorite 'Sesame Street' Character Says About You

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Sally Schultheiss and Jennifer Merritt on Sep 27, 2010 at 12:56PM

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What Your Favorite 'Sesame Street' Character Says About You

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Abby Cadabby

A bit of a dreamer, Abby has an rich, active imagination -- so it's no surprise she uses magical thinking to explain what's going on around her, says Dr. William Braun, a child psychoanalyst in New York City. This energetic three year-old fairy in training is learning through trial and error, like most children. “She is in formation, developing as a person -- er, a fairy,” Braun says.