The Old Woman Who Named Things The Old Woman Who Names Things it’s lonely

it’s lonely

Then a shy brown puppy appears at her front gate

Like her house

and her bed

She can't risk that

The Old Woman Who Named Things The Old Woman Who Names Things it’s lonelyThe Old Woman Who Named Things by Cynthia Rylant How does an old woman who has out lived all her friends keep from being lonely? By naming the things in her life she knows she will never outlive. Like her house, Franklin, and her bed, Roxanne, and Bud, the new ceramic pig in her garden. Then a shy brown puppy appears at her front gate. If the old woman is too friendly, the puppy might stay, and she will have to name it. She can't risk that. So she