Originally Posted by
Darla
Originally Posted by
Yazeh
Originally Posted by
Darla
Leo asks what her name is, Yazeh
Cali. It was her given name, when we adopted her. We tried a ton of other names, but in the this one stuck... She kept her name.
Leo also kept his shelter name, but it was a name they had taken from some goofy lion character named Clumsy Leo. They apparently didn't understand him at all! Definitely not a name befitting a little ballerino. But in the end it was a good name, so we upgraded it to Leopold Baryshnikov.
Oh, I was wondering how Mikhail turned into Leo
When I learned Leo's "surname", there was this story/comic script going on and on in my head.
I hope you don't mind:
Leo meet Cali in the back alley. He's new on the block.
"So what's your name?" Cali purrs.
"Leopold Baryshnikov"
"Leo what now?"
"Baryshnikov" Leo stands proudly on his two feet and does a
pas de chat.
"You've ever heard of Mikhail Baryshnikov, the Russian ballerino?"
"Now I know of him,"
"Well, he's related to me,"
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