This is Looloo.
Looloo
His parents are Koochooloo (Mommy) and Hoppoo (Daddy).
Their names might sound strange to anyone who doesn't know any Farsi.
Since I rescued the parents when they were less than a month old, I got to name them.
Koochooloo
Hoppoo
Ironically, now Mommy is the heaviest of the three.
Hoppoo is the equivalent of doggie (or doggy), an endearing version of dog.
When Looloo was born, in my house, at 3:15am on January 31st, 2011, my first thought was to name him the Persian equivalent of Snowy, but snow in Farsi is barf (with the a pronounced like in pan), and giving him that name (Barfi) would cause unpleasant mispronunciations in an English-speaking country. Also, I wanted his name to rhyme with his parents' names. I decided Looloo would be an appropriate name because he looked like a tiny wolf. I thought of the French word loup, which means wolf, and looloo in Farsi is how small children may call a monster. When people don't see the spelling of his name, they assume it's Lulu... and that he's a girl, so I always make sure I introduce him as the son of Koochooloo and Hoppoo.
