Hannes the Hoarse
Like all kids (?), Hannes loves animals. He's like glued to the TV whenever there are lions or zebrasor cats and dogs. Even the Bear in the Big, Blue House seems cuddly to Hannes.
And then, of course, there are the books that we read. My favorite right now is the one where the little puppy meets the cats, and just before the pigs arrive, the duck comes walking. After our hero, the puppy, has met the horse and the cow, he grows up, and becomes two dogs who then meet two cats. Circle of life. I think. There is no text in the book, so my interpretation could be off.
Anyway, whenever Hannes sees a dog, he makes this growling noise in his hoarse voice: "Row-ra-rah-raaaaaaaaaahhh."
Sometimes he skips the growling and just goes, "mmmmmm.... aaaaaaah" whenever the animal is just too cute to resist.
Like the darkhaired man with a goatee and a fur coat he saw at the Helsinki airport a couple of weeks ago.
