Long ago in New Orleans, Louisiana
there lived a family named Boochey. The Boochey's had three
children. A handsome son named Grialleds, a daughter named Chere
and a beautiful little baby named Gumbolina. She was given
that name because her mom loves gumbo. Gumbo hates her name
because all the girls tease her, including her cousin Thumberlina
File. Everyday she would run home and cry. One day, she was
in her room watching Leah Chase cook up some Cowan and Lost
Bread and she heard sounds coming from her closet. She got
up and searched to find out who was making those noises, When
she opened the closet she saw a little girl crouched over in
the corner. She asked what her name was and she said "GumboGumbo".
Gumbolina said, don't cry, I will help you. What's the problem?
GumboGumbo said that she hated her name and wanted to run away
from her Creole cottage. She said she was tired of people calling
her names and always teasing her. Gumbolina thought about all
the names that people called her, especially in her own family.
She decided to help the poor little girl out. She lifted GumboGumbo
up, and sat her down on the front porch and shared her family
photo album with her Gumbolina explained why she should be proud
of her name, because it evokes such great memories for people.
They decided to become best friends for life. Later they ate
two big bowls of Okra Gumbo and sang Creole songs on their porch.
