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 * Something special to me:** Toy Dog.

Walking around that back yard at my aunts house, with the grass between my toes and being chased by her pet dog playfully. Many smiling faces sitting out on the deck, music playing in the background and big meals. Everyone there to say good-bye. It was my cousins going away party. My cousins, my brother and I are all extremely close.

I got called inside by my cousin Sharn, who was the one that the party was for. She was off to Sydney to live for a while, and had got me a present. It was a toy dog, which even had a name tag. The name of it was Chilli, I decided that it was to be a female. It was only small, I'm unsure of what bread of dog it was supposed to be. It was a dark yellowey colour all over and had big floppy ears.

I have had her for many years now, when I was younger I would take her everywhere with me. Outside to play, sleepovers, and I even remember that I took her to school a few times. Now she just sits on my cupboard, amoungst other old things that I have.

Enda Whitehead my great grandmother Yes, it was handed down by my great grandmother to my grandfather, William Whitehead, who then handed it down to my father. The clock was made in Germany. My dad believes that it came to Australia by boat. CBR (Country Roads Board), Edna, William and Lawrence Whitehead. In the homes of those who have kept it, usually in high places where young children could not reach it. As a time piece, which chimes every hour. Well most likely. My father sees it as a 'keep safe', whereas other owners may have just thought of it as an object to tell time. It has been maintained by being oiled and wiped down with furniture polish. My father, because it's a memory of his grandmother who is no longer with us and for him it brings back memorys of her. Only aged. How my great grandmother received the clock, which was through the CRB. She was one of the tea ladies there, and she always admired it. So when she left they gave it to her as a gift. Also when my father was young, he remembers never being able to touch it and how it was wound every single Sunday.media type="file" key="Small Object Big Story, Clock.wmv" width="326" height="275" align="right"
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