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RE: Are You Sure You Want To Keep That?
I read a very similar story years ago in which the author had the same realization upon inheriting her grandmother's wedding china--which her grandmother had never once used, ever. The author was tempted to carefully pack away this now valuable antique china and then realized she was about to relegate it to the same fate. So she uses it every day as her dinnerware and concluded that "life is short--use the good china NOW" and that phrase has stuck with me ever since.
You have to wonder, in cases like the green donkey, whether there was some sentimental significance that has been lost.
That story does sound vaguely familiar. And yes, it could have been significant at one time. Maybe it was something that was handed down, or something painted by someone they know. We will never know!