Our new next-door neighbor, Allan, comes from a family of doctors. But this guy is quite odd because instead of dealing with
breast cancer patients just like his mom, and tooth decays like his dad, he chose to deal with cancers and tooth decays of tigers and pythons. Yes, he is a veterinarian, bless him. We like Allan because he loves our kids as much as he loves his big cats and scaly reptiles. However, we can't help but get mad at him sometimes because he lets his pets play with our kids.
The name Allan has no definite meaning. English people said that it means either tiny rock or handsome. Anyway, aside from our village vet/zoologist, there are many Allans in the world that were able to give valuable contributions to their respective fields. Allan Cunningham is a Scottish poet and an honorary member of the brilliant circle of writers who worked for the
London Magazine in 1820s. Philosopher and writer Allan David Bloom amazed readers with his bestseller, The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students. Allan Nevins is considered as the best American historian and educator due to his books about the American Civil War and various biographies of political figures.
