“I wish I had known that at the time,” I said, after I took this in. “I would have given you names that weren’t from a nursery rhyme.” “I like my name,” Hickory said. “It’s popular among other Obin as well. ‘Hickory’ and ‘Dickory’ both.” “There are other Obin Hickorys,” I said. “Oh, yes,” Hickory said. “Several million, now.”
