on-the-topic-of-early-birds-and-worms
Original: on-the-topic-of-early-birds-and-worms on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (narration): The early bird gets the worm.
Bird (a crow eating a worm): By golly I'm an industrious citizen.
Panel 2 (narration): But the early fox gets the bird.
Fox: I just love getting up to an alarm.
Panel 3 (narration): At some point, the late bird shows up.
Late bird (a blue bird): Christ the sun is bright today.
Panel 4 (narration): By the time the late bird arrives, only the slowest, least-motivated worms are uneaten.
Late bird: Mind if I eat you, bro?
Worm: Whatever.
Panel 5 (narration): And only the laziest of foxes are trying to catch him.
Fox: Screw this, I'm gonna go eat at a landfill.
Panel 6:
Child: What's the moral of this story?
Woman (holding a book): Natural selection is complicated.
Votey:
A woman's face with a speech bubble: Also, birds llllove cigarettes.
Bird (a crow eating a worm): By golly I'm an industrious citizen.
Panel 2 (narration): But the early fox gets the bird.
Fox: I just love getting up to an alarm.
Panel 3 (narration): At some point, the late bird shows up.
Late bird (a blue bird): Christ the sun is bright today.
Panel 4 (narration): By the time the late bird arrives, only the slowest, least-motivated worms are uneaten.
Late bird: Mind if I eat you, bro?
Worm: Whatever.
Panel 5 (narration): And only the laziest of foxes are trying to catch him.
Fox: Screw this, I'm gonna go eat at a landfill.
Panel 6:
Child: What's the moral of this story?
Woman (holding a book): Natural selection is complicated.
Votey:
A woman's face with a speech bubble: Also, birds llllove cigarettes.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic about birds, worms, and foxes. Panel 1: a crow eating a worm. Narration: 'The early bird gets the worm.' Crow: 'By golly I'm an industrious citizen.' Panel 2: a red fox. Narration: 'But the early fox gets the bird.' Fox: 'I just love getting up to an alarm.' Panel 3: a blue bird squinting at the sky. Narration: 'At some point, the late bird shows up.' Bird: 'Christ the sun is bright today.' Panel 4: the blue bird and a worm. Narration: 'By the time the late bird arrives, only the slowest, least-motivated worms are uneaten.' Bird: 'Mind if I eat you, bro?' Worm: 'Whatever.' Panel 5: a fox with half-closed eyes. Narration: 'And only the laziest of foxes are trying to catch him.' Fox: 'Screw this, I'm gonna go eat at a landfill.' Panel 6: a child and a woman holding a book. Child: 'What's the moral of this story?' Woman: 'Natural selection is complicated.' Votey: a close-up of the woman's face deadpan, with a speech bubble adding: 'Also, birds llllove cigarettes.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.