Thing 3 (to Thing 2): You are NOT my brother anymore. You’re a duck.
Most people would not take this as a compliment. But to Thing 3, ducks are sacred. He likes to feed them, touch them, run after them, and read books about ducks.
Every night he sleeps with two duck stuffed animals and each day he takes them with him to preschool.
If Thing 3 could be a duck, he would. So calling his brother a duck I can only assume is a high compliment.
My sister calls her brother a chika poo poo… No one knows exactly what it means.. But we’d rather her call him a duck too..