Lucy's Journal

Lucy’s Journal – March 18, 2026

Today the whole gang decided we needed a proper night out, so Peanut, Kiwi, the Quackers, and I headed to the movies. Someone had heard the theater was showing Howard the Duck, and apparently that was all the convincing everyone needed.

Peanut immediately took his movie-going duties very seriously. He inspected the seats, the screen, and most importantly the snack counter. Within minutes we were carrying the biggest tub of popcorn they would sell us.

Kiwi rode on my shoulder all the way to our seats, chattering excitedly like he was expecting the movie to be about him. The Quackers waddled behind us in a neat little line, trying very hard to look like respectable moviegoers.

For about the first ten minutes, everything was calm.

Then Kiwi grabbed a big beakful of popcorn.

No one knows exactly why, but he suddenly flung it straight at the Quackers.

A kernel bounced off one duck’s head, and that was all it took.

The Quackers quacked loudly and started scooping popcorn out of the tub like tiny feathery pitchers. Popcorn started flying in every direction. Kiwi dove into the tub again and again like a little green popcorn fighter plane.

Peanut tried to stop the chaos for a moment, but after a kernel bounced off his nose he just started batting popcorn out of the air like it was a game.

I tried to whisper, “Shhh! We’re in a movie theater!” but I was laughing too hard to sound very serious.

By the end of the movie, the floor around our seats looked like it had been hit by a buttery snowstorm. Peanut was covered in crumbs, Kiwi looked extremely proud of himself, and the Quackers were still quietly tossing the occasional kernel when they thought no one was looking.

I’m not sure anyone fully followed the plot of the movie.

But one thing is certain…

Movie night with this crew is never boring.

— Lucy