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Something special to me. Getting woken up at three in the morning by teeth and claws in your legs is not fun. Lying on the couch, almost asleep, feeling something walking up you then cuddling next you.

My cat Harry can go from cute to evil. He can be all cuddly and purrs and adorable but then there's the other side of him when he scratches and bites me. He also has no tail.

These things make him special to me. He can change personality's in a very short amount of time. It's just who he is. We got him two years ago as one of my Christmas presents. He was a little kitten. He fitted in my palm when we brought him home. The little fluff ball managed to kick me out of my own bed, take over the house and nothing has changed since. I will always love him!

My special family object.

My first object is a mirror that came from Japan that my great grandmother had. It originally came from Japan then to New Zealand now in Australia. It got from Japan to New Zealand by a Japanese man that owned the farm that my Dad worked on he brought it back for my mum. My Great grandmother was very sick in hospital in with cancer. So mum decided to give her the mirror and then once she passed away we got the mirror back and I’ve always had the mirror its very special to me because I don’t remember her but her first name is now my middle name and I have the mirror that I can cherish and think of her when I see it.

Are you able to give us any details about your grandparents? Who they were? where they lived? any interesting family stories that have been handed down about them? How did the man who brought the mirror back to NZ come to be in Japan?

My Great Grandmother Doris Anne Berry and Freddrick Allen Berry. They lived in Dannevirke New Zealand for what I think most of their lives. I know my grandad was a farmer and was really into horses and use to help my sister and I with our ponies. My Nana Berry I didnt know to well cause i was only a baby when she passed away sadly, I would have love to get to know her but I will find out more imformation and put it up later.

all of this is a story in itself, so if you can't get information about the horns, this would be fine - just padded out with detail. just because you find the stories a bit hum drum, doesn't mean that other people won't be really interested in the details of life in early NZ etc.