Nicknames

Q. Dear AB,

I think your stories are very funny. Do you have any nicknames? I do. My older sister gave me the nickname “Nikkik.” In Ojibwey, a language the natives here speak, it means “otter.” She gave that to me because in the winter I would slide down a hill of snow without a sled. Have you ever done that?

Nikkik

A. Hey, Otter!

I have slid down a hill. I used to do it all the time, but then I quit walking so close to my dad when we were near a drop off. As for a nickname, all my friends at school have given me a tons of them. Here are a few examples:

  1. Hey, you!
  2. Kid
  3. Yo
  4. Bob (which in English — a language the natives speak here — means “Cool Guy.”)

There are many more, but you get the idea how popular I am. Thanks for reading my stories, and I'd like to say something in Ojibwey: Nikkik. (That's the only word I know in Ojibwey.) Have fun sliding down those hills!

Your friend and mine,
Average Boy

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