Los Diggities: Silly Diggities, Silly Names

De: Jeanie Cunningham, Elisabeth Thormodsrud

Narrado por: Auntie Jeanie

The three Los Diggities, Xena, Oscar, and Oso, are gathered around the pool one day, enjoying the sunshine and an occasional game of tag, when the conversation turns to Jeanie's habit of giving playful nicknames to each of them.

"How did we end up with such silly nicknames, and why doesn't Jeanie just settle for one name for us and maybe like one nickname? She's got at least three for me that I know of," Xena said.

"Si!" Oso said. "Between my parents and Jeanie, I'm probably up to six nicknames myself. Why do they do that to us?"

"Because they love us," said Oscar, who was circling over a new area to lie down on. "We, on the other hand, use these names to get on each other's nerves. As you can see, Oso is an expert at that…."

Silly Diggities, Silly Names explores the difference between names given in love and names used to hurt others' feelings. Do you have a nickname, too?

©2013 Jean A. Cunningham (P)2015 Jean A. Cunningham