Artemis the dog
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I was once playing with a frisbee with my daughter and her boyfriend in the park. A dog came and joined us and sat very quietly until someone missed the frisbee, then the dog would run and pick it up and bring it back. Delightful. We all got on very well. When the owner of the dog came to collect him I said how charming he was asked his name. 'Artemis' He said. We all said what an unusual name it was, in fact I hadn't heard it before as a male name, but only as the obvious ancient Greek name for a Goddess.
We then went home for a cup of tea. As I walked through the door the telephone was ringing and I answered it to my son. 'Congratulations Dad' he said, 'You're a Grandfather again. It's a boy and we're going to call him Artemis!'
Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:28:32 +0000Coincidence ID:5412
