Naming our puppy

This is a lot harder tan i thought it would be, i said. Weve been trying to find a name for-name
for a week now.
Why is it so hard, Brian? Asked mom. You and tanya have probably suggested a hundred
names.
It has to be the right name, said my little sister, tanya.we dont want no-name stuck with a
bad name his whole life.
All I know is you cant keep calling him no-name mon said. So todays the day. You have to
agree on name for the puppy today. Now lets go outside and play with him.maybe hell name
himself.
As we stepped outside, tanya acreamed, look out!
The small, black puppy dashed across the wooden deck and slid into my feet . he stood on his
back leds and scrated excitedly at my shins. As son as I reached down to pet him, he gave me a
dozen quick licks with his tongue. Then he was off to jump on my mon.
Boy, you sue a Little bundle of energy, mom said maybe we should call you tornado
how about huricane? tanya asked.we could call him hurry for short
The puppys timing was perfect. As son as tanya finished he sentences,
The puppys timing was perfec. As son as tanya finiched her sentence he hurried off the deck
into the tall grass in the back yard.suddenly, he stopped. Something had caught his eye. He
charged into the flowerbed above his nose.
The puppy chased afther it, yapping as he made clumsy Little leaps into the air.as he seramble
up the steps, he tripped on the last one and lande don his chin. He shook his head and
continued his chase across the deck.when the buttertly flew off to the side, the puppy tried to
turn. The deck was like a wooden ice rink to no-name, and his furry, oversized feet slid out
from under him.he skidded and flipped over on his side.
We were all laughing so hard that we couldnt grad him as he got up and ran into yard again.
There he goes again, tanya said with a giggle. No name was hopping through the tall grass
afther two more butterflies.he sure likes those butterflies.
Thats it i shouted. I ran into the house to get the book I had been Reading for school. It the
back of the book was a list of hopi names and their meanings.
Look, mom, i said pointing at the list.weve got to call him nova
Why? What does it mean?. She asked.
it means chase butterflies, i laughed.isnt that perfect?

Mom and tanya both nodded and laughed,just as nova made a nother lea pinto the flowerbed
Esto es mucho ms difcil de bronceado que pens que sera, me dije. Hemos estado tratando
de encontrar un nombre para-nombre desde hace una semana.
Por qu es tan difcil, Brian? Mam le pregunt. Usted y tania probablemente ha sugerido un
centenar de nombres.
Tiene que ser el nombre correcto, dijo mi hermana pequea, Tanya. "Que no quieres sin
nombre pegado con un mal nombre toda su vida.
"Todo lo que s es que no puede mantener a llamarlo sin nombre", dijo el lunes. "As que el da
de hoy. Usted tiene que ponerse de acuerdo sobre el nombre para el cachorro en la
actualidad. Ahora Vamos a salir a jugar con him.maybe he'll nombrar a s mismo.
A medida que entramos fuera, tania acreamed, cuidado!
El pequeo, cachorro negro corriendo por la cubierta de madera y se desliz en mis pies. l se
puso de leds traseros y scrated con entusiasmo en mis espinillas. Como hijo como me agach
para acariciarlo, l me dio una docena de lame rpidos con su lengua. Luego se fue a saltar en
mi lun
Boy, usted demanda un pequeo paquete de energa, la mam dijo "tal vez deberamos
llamarlo Tornado"
"Qu hay de huricane?" Pregunt Tanya. "Nosotros le podramos llamar prisa, para abreviar"
El momento puppy's era perfecto. Como hijo de tania como termin, frases,
El momento puppy's era perfec. Como hijo como tania finiched su sentencia se apresur fuera
de la cubierta en la hierba alta en la parte posterior yard.suddenly, se detuvo. Algo haba
llamado su atencin. l carg en el macizo de flores por encima de su nariz.
El perrito persigui afther ella, ladrando como hizo torpe Poco salta en los air.as l seramble
por las escaleras, se tropez en el ltimo ao y Lande ponerse su barbilla. l neg con la
cabeza y continu su persecucin a travs de la deck.when la buttertly vol a un lado, el
cachorro trat de girar. La cubierta era como una pista de hielo de madera a sin nombre, y sus
pies, de gran tamao peludos se desliz de debajo de him.He derrap y se volc sobre su lado.
Todos nos remos tan difcil que l no pudimos grad como l se levant y corri al patio de
nuevo.
Ah va otra vez, dijo Tanya con una risita. No -name estaba animado a travs de la hierba alta
afther dos mariposas ms. "Seguro que le gusta esas mariposas.
"Eso es todo" i grit. Corr a la casa para conseguir el libro que haba estado leyendo en la
escuela. Es la parte de atrs del libro era una lista de nombres hopi y sus significados.
Mira, mam, me dijo sealando a la lista. "Tenemos que llamarlo nova"
Por qu? Qu significa ?. Ella pregunt.

"Que significa mariposas de persecucin," me re. "No es perfecto?

Mam y tania ambos asintieron y se ech a rer, al igual que hizo una nova pinto lea tro del
macizo de flores