Wendy & Silk- Yep. Barak is based on that loveable, cuddly fella in Edding's story ;^). To be honest, I wanted to call him "Dras Bullneck". In fact, except for Coconut who came to us with that name already installed, all of our ferrets' names come from fantasy and/or mythology. Merlynn, Morgan and Arthur you should recognize easily. Ashke comes from Lackey's Herald Mage stories and means "Beloved", Red Sonja is a character from Howard's Hyperborea, and Leewit is one of the three "Witches of Karres". We usually try to pick characters from books or stories that fit the personalities of our kids. Makes life much more interesting, as well as adding "color" to our conversations... Pete & Amy | The Ferret Liberation Army [log in to unmask] | Merlynn, Morgan, Arthur, Coconut, | Ashke, Sonja, Leewit & Barak "Ferrets are God's apology for cats." [Posted in FML issue 0673]