How a Bully Learns to Share ...James Alexander's nickname was Jim, But nobody would be friends with him. No one wanted to play with Jimmy, For Jim Alexander always said, Gimme. Thus begins the rhyming story of Jim Alexander, whose nickname was Gimme-Jimmy because he was a greedy and selfish bully. Imagine Jimmy's concern when he found that every time he said the word Gimme, his hand grew larger! Jimmy was happy to discover that when he was polite and said, Please and Thank you, his hand began to shrink. He started practicing his new Polite Rule and found out that it was much more fun to share.