(WT#8) (Day 2) Prized Possessions

My grandmother's sister lives in South Africa, and she used to send me all kinds of exotic presents when I was a kid. One of them was a statue of three monkeys depicting "Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil". It looks like this one, though my monkeys are attached to each other so they make up one statue:

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I adored it as a kid, and always found it incredibly fascinating. This thing had travelled to me from South Africa! It was magic! Of course, I also considered the way my father turned out the lights off and on while saying "Hel-lo Cas-per" to be a sensational magic trick, but still.

Do you have a prized possession?

 

That's so cute Casper.

A prized possession? Hmmm, no I really can't say I have one. I guess that's kind of cool not to be too attached to material things and such... still I wish I could think of something.

Ooh I know! There is this one ring...

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I got it for my birthday, it's my precious!

 

//waves his fists in the air

 

That ring rules, Tom. My hubby wants one just like it...

My prized possession? A tiny (3/4" square) pewter box with a design of two doves on the lid. I dunno... I've never seen anything like it in stores. It's very unique.

 

I've racked my brain over this all day and the only thing I can think of is a dictionary my grandfather used to own. It was printed in the 1950's and it's wonderfully comprehensive - including common french, italian and latin phrases, a history of the spanish and english, a guide to literary and mythological characters, quotes, music and number theory and geographical and country information.

And it has that old book smell as well.