Diary entries.

 

 

Names of characters featured and Meanings of those names.

 

What the Chinese names mean

 

 

BOHAI, elder brother,

 

CHANGPU, forever simple.

 

SHUANG:  bright; clear; openhearted.

YI JIE:  happy and pure

KUAN-YIN:  Buddhist deity of mercy.

Shen, spiritual; deep-thinking"

Liang, good.

GEMING: Chinese name meaning "revolution."

GUANG: Chinese name meaning "light."

CHANGCHANG: Chinese name meaning "flourishing."

 

Chinese word for panda is Xiongmao" or Giant Cat Bear.

 

Jinghua: Chinese name meaning "situation splendid."

 

LIHUA: Chinese name meaning either "beautiful flower" or "pear blossom

Weici: Chinese name meaning "preserving love."

What the Indian names mean.

Pakshalika: On the Right Path. Name of Goddess Lakshmi

 

What other names used mean.

 

ABIDEMI: Yoruba name meaning "born during father's absence."

 

ABOOKSIGUN: Algonquin name meaning "wildcat."

 

 

AHANU: Algonquin name meaning "he laughs."

 

Gosheven

Native American: Great Leaper

 

Narbethong, Aboriginal name meaning cheerful or lively.

 

Wirake  

Friend   

 

Haimati (First Name Origin and Meaning)

Origin

Indian

Meaning

Snow queen.

 

SITA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology

Other Scripts: सीता (Sanskrit)

Means "furrow" in Sanskrit. Sita is the name of the Hindu goddess of the harvest. This is also the name of the wife of Rama in the Hindu epic the 'Ramayana'.

 

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Simba, Swahili word for a lion.

 Kizungu, Swahili word meaning “of the white people.”

 

Ruslana, Ukrainian name meaning lioness.

Rowena – Irish name derived from the word meaning "white mane" or "white hair";

 

Namir, male Israeli name meaning leopard

 

Nemera female Hebrew name meaning leopard.

Baingana

Meaning people are equal, origin Swahili, Gender, Male

Afua, meaning in Swahili is merciful or protective.

 

Namrah 

• Tigress 

Nuru, born during the day.

 

Ajia, meaning in swahili is quick or fast.

Nala, Swahili word meaning gift.

 

Olga, meaning is Blessed, holy or successful.

Helga, meaning is sacred.  Both Olga and Helga come from Russian or Old Norse.

Conrad, meaning is adviser or counsellor.

Ekaterina: Russian form of Greek Aikaterine, meaning "pure."

Adsila: Native American Cherokee name meaning "blossom."

 

KURUK: Native American Pawnee name meaning "bear."

Matoskah: Native American Sioux name meaning "white bear."

Chowilawu: Native American Hopi name meaning "joined together by water."

 

Skirnir, medieval name meaning the shining one.

 

To the Inuit, the polar bear is Nanuk, an animal worthy of great respect. In their poetry he is Pihoqahiak, the ever-wandering one.

In eastern Greenland, the polar bear is known as Tornassuk, "the master of helping spirits."

Indian names for the red panda characters.

Aghanashini

 Female , meaning: Destroyer of sins.

 

Alok m, meaning, cry of triumph or victory.

 

Amal m. meaning: Bright, clean, pure.

 

Chandrika

 Female , meaning: Moonlight.

 

African male name Kosey, meaning lion.

 

 

Just a quick, but important note to anyone about to read the following material.  Please note that even though the material beyond this point is inspired by a collection of soft toy animals and is completely fictional, the stories themselves are from an adult perspective.  This means that some of the issues featured, descriptions of scenes given or language used might not be suitable for some readers.  The stories were not specifically written for or intended to be read by or to young children.  That said, free choice still prevails here, read on if you feel the warning above does not alter your decision.

 

Here is the list of diary entries.

 

 

 

 

01 June 2005

 

Amber’s arrival

 

 

Stifftail’s arrival

 

A raccoon’s arrival

 

 

 

Arki’s arrival

 

Bruin and Brunetta’s arrival and meeting

 

Capybara trouble.

 

 

Arki’s nightmare

 

 

Amber finds a cub

 

 

Various happenings.

 

 

 

The arrival of three more animals.

 

 

09 June

 

a newcomer causes friction

 

 

 

 

Snowy Half tail in trouble

 

June 10

 

A close encounter between amber and Tigger.

 

 

June 15

 

The arrival of two albino squirrels.

 

Snowy half tail thinks things over.

 

June 17th

Stifftail makes a move on Snowy Half Tail.

 

19 June

Leisure time

 

 

June 20th

 

Cooling off

 

Clarence and Tigger take an early bath.

 

 

June 24th

 

Arki in danger

 

 

25 June:

 

Whitie and Blanche go missing.

 

 

 

June 30

 

A stormy day

 

 

July 5th

 

Soothing times

 

 

July 7

 

Open for business

 

Whitie’s massage

 

 

 

July 25

 

A new arrival from across the pond

 

 

 

July 29

 

Sam gets into a fight

 

July 31

 

Life choices

 

 

 

August 04

 

Reaching safety

 

 

 

August 04

 

A family chat

 

 

 

August 08

 

Tembi becomes ill

 

 

 

August 9th

 

Naming Arki’s cub

 

 

 

August 11th

 

 

Candy thinks about life

 

 

 

August 12

 

 

An educational proposal

 

 

 

August 15

 

Trying times

 

August 22

 

Snowy lets it all hang out

 

 

August 23

 

A lynx cub’s bid for freedom

 

 

 

August 24

 

A polar bear causes problems

 

 

 

August 25

 

 

Forging bonds

 

 

 

August 27

 

Danger for blanche

 

 

August 29

 

 

Brunetta finds her calling in life

 

 

August 30

 

 

Snowy and Brunetta grow closer.

 

 

August 31

 

Snowy fights for her cub

 

 

September 1

 

 

A busy day

 

 

 

September 04

 

Brushtail thinks things over

 

 

September 06

 

Bruin tries to make amends

 

 

 

September 08

 

 

A lynx takes her life in her paws

 

 

An unlikely bond

 

 

 

 

Stressful times for Clarence

 

 

 

September 14

 

Facing their worst nightmares

 

 

September 15

 

Letting the cat out of the bag

 

 

 

 

September 16

 

A tiger cub finds a permanent home

 

 

 

September 19

 

 

All mixed up

 

September 22

 

A deadly plot

 

 

 

September 23

 

Soothing shattered nerves

 

 

September 25

 

Trouble for Leo

 

 

September 27

 

 

 

Raining cats and dogs

 

 

 

September 29

 

Snowy adopts a pup

 

 

 

October 4

 

Salty makes his mark

 

 

 

October 07

 

Rug problems

 

 

October 10

 

Salty meets a pup

 

 

October 11

 

 

Two new arrivals

 

 

 

October 12

 

Ocelot adoption

 

 

October 13

 

Learning how to be cold and wet

 

 

October 14

 

Bruin learns a lesson

 

October 17

 

 

Snowy puts her cards on the table

 

 

The big l

 

 

October 18

 

 

Finding each other

 

 

October 20

 

Troubled times

 

 

October 23

 

Winter warmer

 

October 25

 

 

Bear Rescue

 

 

Tigger’s story, or the rescue of Kodiak

 

 

 

October 27

 

 

Kodiak inadvertently causes trouble

 

 

 

October 30

 

 

Sam gets punished

 

 

October 31

 

 

Arki and Kodiak grow close

 

 

 

 

November 1

 

 

Kodiak and Arki take the plunge

 

 

November 4

 

Isaac takes it out on Arki

 

 

 

November 7

 

Sam’s luck runs out

 

 

 

November 14

 

 

Family stresses

 

 

November 15

 

 

Settling down to normality

 

 

November 20

 

Theo’s flashback

 

 

November 29

 

 

Perdita puts her paw in it

 

 

 

December 3

 

 

Brydy has a foal

 

 

 

December 04

 

Coming to an understanding

 

 

 

December 07

 

 

Arctic adoption

 

 

December 12

 

Allie’s introduction

 

 

 

December 18

 

Intimate times

 

 

 

2006’s diary entries:

 

1 January

 

keeping a secret

 

 

January 2

 

 

Fear of the dark

 

 

 

January 4

 

 

Tembo’s luck runs out

 

 

 

January 5

 

Elsa thinks things over

 

A friend for life

 

 

January 6

 

The birth of Elsa’s cubs and what happened next

 

 

January 8

 

 

The power of the bath

 

 

 

January 13

 

Big trouble

 

 

January 16

 

 

A polar bear named Nanuq

 

 

January 17

 

 

Petra’s challenge

 

January 19

 

The truth about Tembi

 

 

January 21

 

Theo leaps in with all four paws.

 

 

 

January 22

 

The leadership contest

 

 

January 25

 

 

Building bridges

 

 

January 27

 

Dangerous liaisons

 

January 29

 

 

Meeting real power

 

 

January 31

 

Fleur’s challenge

 

 

February 03

 

Bianca brings families together

 

 

February 04

 

 

Unusual bath time

 

 

 

February 06

 

 

Time to paws by the pool

 

 

13 February 2006

Cementing relationships

 

 

15 February 2006

 

growing closer

 

 

 

17 February 2006

 

Panda and pony problems

 

 

22 December 2007

 

smile, you’re on camera

 

 

22 December 2007

are you all sitting comfortably?

 

 

 

22 December 2007

 

life and death

 

 

22 December 2007

 

Tinka’s cub’s birth and the return of Kuan-Yin

 

 

22 December 2007

 

Fleur and Jespah grow closer

 

 

17 March 2006

making lynx with the community

 

 

22 March 2006

 

arki and Kodiak have a cub

 

 

 

01 April 2006

 

a loving touch

 

 

06 April 2006

 

Peppered

 

 

09 April 2006

Holly

 

 

18 April 2006

the arrival of a lost cub

 

 

28 April 2006

 

 

A thorny problem

 

 

10/05/2006

Shen and Shuang grow close.

 

 

20 May 2006

 

Kuan-Yin oversteps the mark

 

 

21 May 2006

 

Liang

 

 

27 May 2006

 

Ellie’s secret life.

 

 

Tuesday, 06 June 2006

A trio of tigers

 

 

Sunday, 02 July 2006

 

The arrival of Ellie’s second cub.

 

 

Wednesday, 12 July 2006

 

Ahanu makes his mark

 

 

Wednesday, 26 July 2006

 

Whitie, Blackie and Bess

 

 

Saturday, 29 July 2006

A telling touch

 

 

 

Tuesday, 15 August 2006

 

Petra and Aslan grow closer

 

 

Tuesday, 05 September 2006

 

One koala, one puma and a whole lot of love.

 

 

Saturday, 23 September 2006

 

Learning about the power of a paw

 

 

Friday, 13 October 2006

 

A panda with a bad attitude.

 

 

 

Friday, 20 October 2006

An emotional roller coaster

 

 

Tuesday, 31 October 2006

Guiding paws

 

Monday, 13 November 2006

 

The arrival of a snow queen

 

 

Sunday, 03 December 2006

Paws for thought.

 

 

Friday, 22 December 2006

Simba Tiger.

 

 

 

Sunday, 31 December 2006

 

Petra’s second challenge

 

 

 

Tuesday, 02 January 2007

A lion with a long mane

 

 

Friday, 05 January 2007

Troubled times for Aslan.

 

 

Saturday, 06 January 2007

 

Netting a cub

 

 

Monday, 08 January 2007

 

Simba Kizungu

 

 

Friday, 12 January 2007

 

little Leo

 

 

Thursday, 18 January 2007

Snowy’s secret.

 

Monday, 22 January 2007

 

Snowy’s struggle.

 

 

Tuesday, 30 January 2007

Whitie, Blackie and Silver.

 

11 February 2007

 

finding equilibrium.

 

24 February 2007

 

New beginnings

 

 

02 March 2007

 

 

The birth of Whitie’s cubs and what happened next.

 

22 March 2007

 

All in the mix

 

 

Monday, 02 April 2007

Keeping in touch

 

 

Thursday, 19 April 2007

 

Trusting instinct and trusting paws.

 

 

Tuesday, 08 May 2007

 

Lost lynx and lions

 

 

Monday, 21 May 2007

 

Deadly plots and a late arrival

 

Sunday, 10 June 2007

 

Ordinary goings on for once     

 

 

Friday, 13 July 2007

 

Arrivals and departures.

 

 

Thursday, 19 July 2007

Love for Leo and Trouble for Tigger.

 

 

Tuesday, 24 July 2007

 

Tigger’s Namrah.

 

 

Friday, 03 August 2007

 

A big shake up.

 

 

Friday, 17 August 2007

 

Nuru

 

 

Monday, 10 September 2007

The circle of life.

 

 

Friday, 28 September 2007

 

Birth, Death and a transfer of power

 

 

Thursday, 18 October 2007

 

Troubled minds and family times.

 

 

Saturday, 22 December 2007

 

Birth, Death AND newcomers

 

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

Alaska finds her paws.

 

Wednesday, 13 February 2008

 

Time to think and time to play.

 

 

Saturday, 29 March 2008

 

Let’s go cubs!

 

 

Tuesday, 15 April 2008

 

Old Grey

 

 

 

Wednesday, 21 May 2008

 

Coming home

 

 

 

Saturday, 05 July 2008

Community troubles and spiritual interventions.

 

 

Friday, 12 September 2008

 

One big family

 

 

 

Saturday, 15 November 2008

 

Growing up, having cubs, and other things too.

 

 

Monday, 02 February 2009

 

 

All change in the community?

 

 

Saturday, 11 July 2009

More four pawed goings on

 

 

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

 

More tales from the big house.

 

 

 

07/02/2010

More well padded twists and turns.

 

 

 

Sunday, 13 June 2010

 

 

Extending the family.

 

 

Thursday, 26 August 2010

Traumatic changes.

 

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