Murphie and Milo

No, no, no, we didn’t get another dog.

We got a cat.

No, no, no, that’s not true, either. And don’t be mad at me if you’re a cat person, but I’m not. I am not a cat person. I’ve tried. I’m just not.

Cats are very quiet. And sneaky. And the one time we watched a friend’s cat, I lived my life in fear for an entire week.

I’d be brushing my teeth and BOO! The cat would jump onto the sink and scare the living daylights out of me. Or, I’d be sleeping (not soundly because I was on edge about the sneaky cat) and it would jump on my head! I said, the cat would jump on my head while I was sleeping!

I’m just way more comfortable with the noisiness of dogs. You know – all the pant, pant, click, click, yawning, slurping, what-have-you. Steve used to call our other dog, Foster, Mr Pants-A-Lot. I mean, you could hear Foster coming from a mile away.

All of that is to say that I do not think that I will ever own a cat. But that doesn’t mean that I won’t go near a cat or a cat person. Several of my friends have cats and it’s fine. It’s all good. Please do not leave me a comment telling me that you hate me and that I am the devil of {the humane} society.

I am an animal lover. I just happen to have a dog for a pet.

Meet Murphie and Milo.

You might remember that I asked you to Name That Character and I might have even hinted that we would have a little naming contest voting situation and then time and life and things and school and reality TV got in the way and now here we are.

I had to start writing my spring plays for Advanced Readers because at least two people asked me to and I’m a people pleaser (unless you ask me to own a cat – that is where I draw the line) and I couldn’t help it.

And the next thing I knew, I’d finished writing all of the plays, put them in my store, printed them, prepped them, and had a mom laminate and cut them out for me. They’re ready to go. My kids get to see them tomorrow. (When they saw the mom with the new plays, they went a little crazy, especially when they saw Murphie’s name.)

In other words, I never asked you to vote and I never held a contest or anything. I just did it. I just named my own characters Murphie and Milo without a contest or your input.

Who do I think I am?

Several of you thought the combination of Murphie and Marmalade was cute and so did I. However, Marmalade is a super long name and it completely messed up the spacing and font size when I started writing it. So I had to let it go.

I read through all of the comments and it was overwhelming (or underwhelming depending on what you think of 66 comments and about 25 on Facebook) how many of you thought I should name one of the characters Murphie.

So I did.

🙂

And then I read through the comments again trying to decide on the cat’s name and that’s when I saw Milo. I kept coming back to it and I just liked the sound of Murphie and Milo, not to mention it’s M and M. I’ve never been one to turn down an M&M, I’ll tell you that.

I updated my spring plays for Kinder Kids and you’ll see Murphie and Milo as the characters, but I didn’t name them. They’re just Dog and Cat. I thought that was easier somehow.

And that is the story of how two fictional characters got the names Murphie and Milo.

The End.

No! Not the end! I’m giving away all three levels of my spring plays! Kinder Kids, Beginning Readers, and Advanced Readers!

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Comments

lorena says

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I'm not a cat person either. 🙂
~Christina says

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So excited!?
Miss Giraffe says

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I love the sound of Murphie and Milo!! It's perfect!
Stephanie C says

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Yay! Murphie and Milo was my suggestion! I'm glad you liked it! 🙂

Stephanie
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chramy says

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They sound great!
Amy says

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Can't wait to get them and use them in my classroom. My kids love them. Amy
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