The Cloud with a Very Long Name

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The cloud wanted to be called The Extremely Wonderful Cloud That Looks Like a Rabbit Holding a Teacup.

The wind tried to say it, but by the time it finished, the cloud looked like a boat.

We need a shorter name, said the wind.

The cloud thought for a moment. How about Here?

Here moved across the sky. Sometimes it looked like a rabbit, sometimes a boat, and sometimes nothing familiar at all.

The wind liked the new name. It left plenty of breath for talking about what the cloud might become next.