giving a being its True Name

[sergebroom]

Little did we know, when we gave our newest family addition the name of Cagney that it’d turn out to be his True Name, like that scene in X-men 2 where Magneto asks a young mutant, who had identified himself as ‘Jon’, what his real name was – which was ‘Pyro’.

So far, Cagney has chewed on two of Sue’s more expensive shoes, and they didn’t belong to the same pair. He’s also repeatedly been trying to make my slippers meet a similar fate. And, this weekend, as soon as he and I both noticed that my cell phone had fallen off my pocket and onto the floor, he tried to abscond with it. (Me: “Huh, boss, I need a new cell phone.” Boss: “What happened to the old one?” Me: “My dog ate it.” Boss: “Get outta here!”)

The yesterday, Sue called me to reveal Cagney’s latest criminal act.

He had shown a great liking to pens so she had put them all out of his reach. Except for one, which he had chewed to pieces on the bedroom carpet. Yes, that included the ink container.

Comments

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

He actually sounds like a delightful dog.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

He is. I never thought I'd like small dogs, but there you have it. It does help that he loves sleeping in your lap, or as shoved against you as he can.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

I thought that might be the case.