Saturday's Storyteller: "We'll name her Jumping Bean."

by Belinda Roddie

"We'll name her Jumping Bean."

"No."

"Because she's so hyper and bouncy! Like a jumping bean!"

"John, there is no way I'm calling our first cat 'Jumping Bean.'"

"Okay, fine. Too long? Just 'Bean,' then."

"Dude, that's worse!"

"All right, then, Mister Name Man. What do you propose?"

"I dunno. Lucy, or Callie, or Sadie..."

"Names ending in a goofy 'ee' sound? Gimme a break."

"Shut up, I'm not done! I was also thinking Zelda..."

"Zelda? Like, 'Legend of Zelda' Zelda?"

"Yeah, so? What's wrong with that?"

"..."

"What's wrong with Zelda? She's a BAMF in some of the games, let me remind you. Even though she gets kidnapped. But still."

"..."

"It's a nice name! I've worked with kids named Zelda!"

"...Aaron?"

"Yes, John?"

"You. Are. Fucking. Glorious!"

"Um..."

"Dude, Zelda is the best name for our gorgeous kitty ever!"

"It's Blue Moon talking again, isn't it? It's Blue Moon..."

"C'mon, man, I'm agreeing with you! Celebrate a little, huh?"

"Fine, fine. So you want to name our cat Zelda?"

"Fuck, yes! Ooh, and then we can get a male cat and call him Link!"

"Wait, what? No. Just one cat."

"Oh! And then we can get a terrier and name him Ganon..."

"John, calm down."

"Oh, and we can get, like, eleven goldfish and call them the Kokiri!"

"Dude. John."

"Like Mido, and Saria...no, wait! We have to get a bird named Navi!"

"John..."

"Because a bird has wings like a fairy!"'

"Okay, buddy, I'ma go pet Zelda now and protect her from your madness."

"Kittyyyyy!"

"Lie down, John!"

This week's prompt was provided by Daniel Bulone.