N.O.E.L.-
by Bethany St Andrew
(Lincoln Park, MI, USA)
My cat's name is actually Noisy, Ornery, Energetic,but Lovable- the anagram N.O.E.L. He was given this name for two reasons- 1) it was almost Christmas time and 2) he was a noisy little kitten. The man at the pound kept calling him "Noisy" and it sort of seemed right. But I think I jazzed it up. I told him that day to consider himself lucky. He almost got named "Burl" because his face looked exactly like Burl Ives as the Snowman in "Rudolph the red Nosed Reindeer." But if you think his name is funny, you ought to hear how my half Dalmatian, half something else was named Domino Pete. Sound like a bookie, doesn't it?
Beth St. Andrew