2010-12-02
Original: 2010-12-02 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
An elderly woman with white hair, seated in a chair, gestures dramatically. A red-haired boy in a blue shirt sits at a table beside her, looking distressed and pointing at himself.
Elderly woman: WHY? WHY, BILLY?!
Billy (the boy): IT WASN'T ME! I WAS JUST MAKING FACES AT HER! THAT'S ALL!
Caption below the panel:
Fact:
If you spend your whole life being good and kind, when you reach old age, just once, you can ruin an annoying child's life.
Votey:
A rough black-and-white sketch of the elderly woman lying down (in bed), with a thought bubble above her.
Elderly woman (thinking): SO... WORTH... IIIIT...
An elderly woman with white hair, seated in a chair, gestures dramatically. A red-haired boy in a blue shirt sits at a table beside her, looking distressed and pointing at himself.
Elderly woman: WHY? WHY, BILLY?!
Billy (the boy): IT WASN'T ME! I WAS JUST MAKING FACES AT HER! THAT'S ALL!
Caption below the panel:
Fact:
If you spend your whole life being good and kind, when you reach old age, just once, you can ruin an annoying child's life.
Votey:
A rough black-and-white sketch of the elderly woman lying down (in bed), with a thought bubble above her.
Elderly woman (thinking): SO... WORTH... IIIIT...
Alt text
Main comic: A single full-color panel. An elderly white-haired woman sits in a chair gesturing with her hands and cries out, "Why? Why, Billy?!" Beside her at a table, a red-haired boy in a blue shirt points at himself, looking panicked, and protests, "It wasn't me! I was just making faces at her! That's all!" The implication is that the sweet old woman has framed the boy for something. A caption below reads: "Fact: If you spend your whole life being good and kind, when you reach old age, just once, you can ruin an annoying child's life." Votey: A loose black-and-white sketch shows the same old woman lying contentedly in bed, a thought bubble above her reading, "So... worth... iiiit..." revealing she savored framing the boy.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.