Packing Toys

Why is it that a toy Macho hasn't ever picked up to play with before becomes his most favorite toy EVER when Mom is trying to pack it into a moving box?

Macho and the peacock puppet

Jammy says . . .

While laying out on the front lawn with a piece of grass in his mouth, "Mom, I would like to be alone for a little while. I want to think about Puff the Magic Dragon and try to make myself cry."