What's your favourite possession and why? Or more than one item, if you like!

Small wooden mouse - was my grandmother's and is next to my bed to look after me.

That reminds me of mouse man the famous woodworker. I love mice and also rats. I used to feed fatballs to the rats when I lived on a boat, to watch the clever ways they reached them, but was told off by the boatyard owner. These are highly intelligent creatures so I can understand why you love your mouse.

Thank you, Jenni and Marianne.

My mouse has red garnet eyes and leather ears and tail. It is sweet.

My grandmother was very kind and we had lovely days having high tea together, feeding the ducks in the park and saying hello to the horses in the fields. I loved her so much. She died just before my fifth birthday.

I live a few miles from where the Mouseman worked (Kilburn, North Yorkshire) and the business is still going. 

I like real mice but I do prefer them to stay out of my house and shed. I live by arable fields so I have lots of mouse and vole visitors in the garden.

Would love to read more about when you lived on a boat, Marianne. That sounds exciting!

Don't let this put you off. The trick is to buy a sound vessel from a dealer, never from individuals.

Don't let this put you off. The trick is to buy a sound vessel from a dealer, never from individuals.