[ WP ] : Children are named by the traits they are fated to have - Brave , Serene , Deeply Caring , Unmoved - and of course your lovely daughter , Bites People .

The Elder came out of our hut with slow arthritic steps, bracing himself on the doorway. 
 
 `` Her name... will be Bites People.'' 
 
 I could n't believe it. Usually this sort of thing ran in families, but neither my father, mother, nor their fathers nor mothers had been one. 
 
 My husband turned to me and made the face he did when he was trying to remember the right vocabulary. `` What means? Bite person?'' 
 
 `` Bite*s*... *people*'' I corrected him patiently. 
 
 The elder spoke to him softly and slowly like a child. `` She will bite people and be called Bites People. She will know things and give them to be known to others.'' 
 
 By way of explanation, I offered, `` She will do what Elder Gnaws Arms here does.''
