That pig with a dream

It's that simplicity of the McDull and the books/animation that he appears in that attracts me.

My first time to know McDull was actually a book (It was in Chinese) that someone have put on the 'thingy-where-people-put-the-books-they-don't-wanna-borrow'. I think it was many years back, and I thought that pig looks rather familiar, so I borrowed it. The book had pictures, and a few lines of words next to them. It was so simple, yet the meaning beneath the lines are actually much deeper than that, showing the love between his mother and him. And if I didn't remember wrongly, I cried over one of the short stories in the book.

Oh, do you know who is McDull?

McDull is a male pig who can be distinguished by a birthmark on his right eye. He has a heart of gold, but he isn't very smart and ordinary in every way; nevertheless, he has many dreams. However, every time he tries, he fails; he is disappointed, but tries again, exploring other dreams. In this way he creates his own colourful world. He lives his life simply and naturally. He is not perfect, but his attitude towards life, namely of never giving up, makes him a popular character.
The name McDull actually has a story itself. When Mrs Mak was going to give birth to McDull, she saw a magical plastic basin (pronounced roughly as "dull" in Cantonese) flying over her head. Believing it a sign from the gods, she named her son as "Dull". In Kung Fu Ding ding dong we also find out why he is not smart. When Mcdull was still a baby Ms Mak sent him to a test on the Mozart effect sadly he was put in the control group and listened to what was said as 'nonsense songs' instead of mozart.

Despite the fact that I don't really know Cantonese, I still like McDull.