2014-07-18
Original: 2014-07-18 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Child: WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM?
Mother (smiling): THE STORK!
Panel 2:
Narration (over an image of a stork): WHEN MOMMIES AND DADDIES WANT A BABY, THEY INJECT A STORK WITH THEIR PARASITIC LARVA.
Panel 3:
Narration (over an image of a larva-like form inside the stork's body): THE STORK'S BODY NOURISHES THE LARVA AS IT MATURES.
Panel 4:
Narration (over an image of a screaming, distressed stork): UNTIL, ONE DAY, A BABY BURSTS FORTH FROM THE STORK'S DISTENDED ABDOMEN.
Panel 5:
Father (bearded man, with the child beside him): JUST TELL HIM THE TRUTH, AGNES.
Panel 6:
Mother (Agnes): HE'S TOO YOUNG TO LEARN ABOUT SEX.
Votey:
A close-up of the stork's head against a blue background, its expression looking unimpressed or weary.
Child: WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM?
Mother (smiling): THE STORK!
Panel 2:
Narration (over an image of a stork): WHEN MOMMIES AND DADDIES WANT A BABY, THEY INJECT A STORK WITH THEIR PARASITIC LARVA.
Panel 3:
Narration (over an image of a larva-like form inside the stork's body): THE STORK'S BODY NOURISHES THE LARVA AS IT MATURES.
Panel 4:
Narration (over an image of a screaming, distressed stork): UNTIL, ONE DAY, A BABY BURSTS FORTH FROM THE STORK'S DISTENDED ABDOMEN.
Panel 5:
Father (bearded man, with the child beside him): JUST TELL HIM THE TRUTH, AGNES.
Panel 6:
Mother (Agnes): HE'S TOO YOUNG TO LEARN ABOUT SEX.
Votey:
A close-up of the stork's head against a blue background, its expression looking unimpressed or weary.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a child asks a smiling mother, "Where do babies come from?" She answers, "The stork!" Panel 2: an image of a stork with the narration, "When mommies and daddies want a baby, they inject a stork with their parasitic larva." Panel 3: a glowing larva inside the stork's body, narration: "The stork's body nourishes the larva as it matures." Panel 4: the stork screaming in agony, narration: "Until, one day, a baby bursts forth from the stork's distended abdomen," parodying the chestburster scene from Alien. Panel 5: a bearded father standing with the child says, "Just tell him the truth, Agnes." Panel 6: the mother (Agnes) replies, "He's too young to learn about sex." The joke: the gruesome parasitic-stork explanation is treated as more age-appropriate than the actual facts of sex. Votey: a close-up of the stork's head against a blue background, looking weary and unimpressed.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.