2011-06-12
Original: 2011-06-12 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A woman with glasses (Susie's mother) smiles.
Mother: "Susie, what was that question you asked me last week?"
Panel 2: A young girl with brown ponytails (Susie) looks up.
Susie: "Why do tears come out of my eyes when I'm sad?"
Panel 3: The mother responds gently.
Mother: "Oh, sweetie."
Panel 4: The mother smiles warmly at Susie.
Mother: "Tears are made of sadness, and they come out when you cry. So, when you cry, it's not because you're sad. It's because you're becoming happy."
Panel 5: Susie smiles, comforted.
Panel 6: The mother smiles at her.
Panel 7: A darker scene in a child's bedroom at night. Susie plays on the floor in the background while the mother and a bearded man (the father) stand in the foreground, both looking somber.
Father: "Okay, I think we can tell her we ran over Miss Kitty now."
Votey:
The mother leans in toward Susie with a wide, slightly forced smile.
Mother: "Susie! Time to get happy!"
Mother: "Susie, what was that question you asked me last week?"
Panel 2: A young girl with brown ponytails (Susie) looks up.
Susie: "Why do tears come out of my eyes when I'm sad?"
Panel 3: The mother responds gently.
Mother: "Oh, sweetie."
Panel 4: The mother smiles warmly at Susie.
Mother: "Tears are made of sadness, and they come out when you cry. So, when you cry, it's not because you're sad. It's because you're becoming happy."
Panel 5: Susie smiles, comforted.
Panel 6: The mother smiles at her.
Panel 7: A darker scene in a child's bedroom at night. Susie plays on the floor in the background while the mother and a bearded man (the father) stand in the foreground, both looking somber.
Father: "Okay, I think we can tell her we ran over Miss Kitty now."
Votey:
The mother leans in toward Susie with a wide, slightly forced smile.
Mother: "Susie! Time to get happy!"
Alt text
A four-tier color SMBC comic. A mother with glasses asks her young daughter Susie to repeat a question Susie asked last week. Susie asks, "Why do tears come out of my eyes when I'm sad?" The mother says "Oh, sweetie," then warmly explains: "Tears are made of sadness, and they come out when you cry. So, when you cry, it's not because you're sad. It's because you're becoming happy." Susie smiles, reassured. In the final dim bedroom panel, Susie plays on the floor while the mother and a bearded father stand in the foreground looking grim; the father says, "Okay, I think we can tell her we ran over Miss Kitty now" — revealing the sweet lesson was a setup to soften terrible news about her pet. The black-and-white votey shows the mother leaning in with a strained grin saying, "Susie! Time to get happy!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.