How Leonardo got his name

Les quiero compartir el cuento de cómo mi sobrino Leonardo obtuvo su nombre. Lo escribió su abuelo paterno y, como yo estoy orgullosa de los dos, pedí permiso para postearlo.

Está en inglés. Esto, porque, a pesar de haber vivido en México casi veinte años, el autor de repente dice frases como "La ciudad está muy populada hoy". Así que en inglés es mejor. Aquí les dejo:

Once upon a time, there was born to two lovely parents a beautiful baby boy. Since he was brand new born, he didn’t have a name yet. And, of course, he couldn’t talk so he couldn’t tell his two lovely parents what name he wanted. His parents looked at him and thought, “What a beautiful baby boy! But what name should he have? He crawls around like a cat, Let’s call him Katherine!” The beautiful baby boy didn’t like that idea, so he decided to find a name for himself.
The next day, very early before his parents woke up, he looked around and saw a mat on the floor. He liked the mat and he thought, “I like this mat. I think I want to be called Matthew!” So he lay down next to the mat. When his two lovely parents came in and saw him lying next to the mat on the floor, they thought, “Look! He’s lying on the mat on the floor. Let’s call him Eli, because he’s lying down!”
The beautiful baby boy didn’t like that. So, the next day, very early in the morning before his parents woke up, he looked around and saw a coat rack on the wall. He liked the coat rack and thought, “I like this coat rack on the wall. I think I want to be called Wally!” So he placed himself next to the coat rack on the wall. When his parents came in and saw him, they thought, “Look! He’s next to the coat rack on the wall. Let’s call Jack, because he must like to be next to our jackets!”
The beautiful baby boy didn’t like that. So, the next day, very early in the morning before his parents woke up, he looked around when, suddenly, there was a loud rumble and the ground began to shake. Then, just as suddenly, a fierce wind began to blow and a large growling came in from the nearby ocean. The beautiful baby boy heard the rumble, felt the ground shaking and the wind blowing and heard the growling of the nearby ocean.
He knew that all these things meant danger, but he was not afraid. Instead, he knew he had to save his two lovely parents. So, he made a rumbling sound, then he kicked at the ground with his feet to make it shake and he waved his fists at the wind. Finally, he made the largest and deepest growling sound that any one tiny baby could make. His two lovely parents woke up and, seeing that there was danger, grabbed the beautiful baby boy and headed for to safety.
The next morning, the beautiful baby boy was thinking about his name again when his parents came in and thought, “He made a rumbling sound, pounded the ground and waved his fists at the wind. Finally, he made the largest and deepest growling sound that any one tiny baby could make. But most of all, he showed the courage of a lion. Let’s call him Leonardo!”
And the beautiful baby boy liked that name, “Leonardo.” It was, after all, much better than the one he had thought of for himself: Tsunami-boy.

Randall Ch. Kohl