Tuboflard Names Her Triplets
It took her a long time, but Tuboflard has finally found names for her triplets.
As I told you last time, she was eager to give one of them the coolest name ever in Shalampax, Lightningstrikingtree. As you’ll remember, the previous Lightningstrikingtree gave up his rights to that name by committing suicide. Coincidentally, the original Lightningstrikingtree was allegedly—according to his suicide note—the father of the triplets, although Tuboflard claims to have no recollection of having had sex with him or anyone else.
The custom here in Shalampax is for parents to name their children after the first thing they see after the child’s birth, provided that the name isn’t already taken by a living Shalampaxian. Dead Shalampaxians are OK because they are in no condition to complain.
To avoid having to give her triplets other names, Tuboflard locked herself in her apartment and refused to look at anything except during electrical storms. Then she stared out her window at Shalampax’s palm tree patch.
Well, it finally happened. There is, once again, a Lightningstrikingtree in Shalampax.
Not one to waste a good peek out the window, which is more physical activity than Tuboflard is used to, she named the remaining two of her triplets at the same time.
Tuboflards’ triplets will be officially registered as Lightningstrikingtree, Deeppuddlecoveringisland, and Drowningbird.
Those triplets are certainly lucky that Tuboflard put so much effort into choosing the most delightful of possible names. Some parents foolishly just pull out a book of names and settle for the first thing that appeals to them.
Although, that having been said, I fear they will have trouble in school learning to spell their names with so many letters in them.
@David: Yes, Tuboflard is such a dedicated mom. Many Shalampaxians have long names.
Because Shalampaxians are named after objects, rather than their names being composed of random sounds, if you can remember what you’re named after, it’s not hard to remember how to spell your name–assuming, of course, you’re literate, which is not a good assumption in Shalampax. Many Shalampaxians haven’t the foggiest of ideas as to how to spell their names. They generally sign documents with just a “x”, which is not much of a problem because Shalampaxians rarely honor whatever it is they’ve signed.