He chuckled at the praise, his chest still puffed out proudly. Dora was pretty, and he was just a little mesmerised by her. ""But Daddy is pertecking Mummy Daphee now, but I gotta wait a few months until I can play with my baby sister." He still didn't know how long four months was, but it seemed like it was going to be a long time.
"No chocolate?" he said, not sure if he believed her. "But this is a party, isn't it?" Now he was just plain confused. There was always chocolate at parties.
When she bent down to his height, and spoke softly about seeing pirates, his big green eyes widened to saucers, almost popping out of his head when she showed him her ears. "Ooh, are you a mermaid?" he asked, suddenly confused. "Aren't 'choo s'posed to have a tail?"