A Boy and His Dog

Mickey Mouse was called Mortimer by his creator,Walt Disney but Walt's wife liked the name Mickey better so he became Mickey,pretty simple so far. As Mickey's popularity grew so did his family,Minnie his friends Donald Duck,Goofy and his dog Pluto. Pluto, like his master underwent a name change,his original name was Rover but shortly after Rover came into Mickey's family Pluto the planet was discovered and named by 11 year old Venetia Burney. Her grandfather read her the article about the planet's discovery and that they hadn't decided on a name yet. Venetia said she thought it should be Pluto as "Pluto is the god of the underworld,who could make himself invisible and generally dwelt in a place that sunlight doesn't reach." The discoverer of Pluto agreed. The people at Disney decided Rover was too plain and renamed the dog Pluto,or Pluto Pup. When Pluto first appeared he was Minnie's dog and since he was a bloodhound he was used to track Mickey the convict. Ah,life was so simple in the 1930s!