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"Mzuri"

This dear girl was 15 years old on 27 November 2004!

So to celebrate, here are some photographs taken on her birthday and in the last month or so.

All her life she has greeted me delightedly with a present of some sort. Here, a well-chewed slipper.	She is still a world-class begger for food.	Sometimes she just seems to be remembering long-ago rabbit and kangaroo chases.
She spends most of every day with her great-grand-daughter Thika.	Her son Harry ( now 11 ) is still the centre of her world.	With Mukela she can be as loud and bossy as she likes, because he thrives on it.
One of her favourite jobs is Chief Shouter at tradesmen.	She gets the pick of the furniture, as befits her age and rank.	And even though her teeth are worn down with age, she can still demolish a large marrow bone.

More 2004 photos of Zu, and ones from her 14th birthday in 2003, can be seen here.