wrapping-paper
Original: wrapping-paper on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Child: Dad, why do gifts come in wrapping paper?
Panel 2:
Dad: To teach you the lesson that anticipation will always be more beautiful than actuality.
Panel 3 (nighttime, two children in a bunk bed):
Child (top bunk): I thought for sure it was to be festive.
Child (bottom bunk): We were so naive back this morning.
Votey:
Dad (looking grim, glasses, mustache): You are stronger now, my children. Stronger.
Child: Dad, why do gifts come in wrapping paper?
Panel 2:
Dad: To teach you the lesson that anticipation will always be more beautiful than actuality.
Panel 3 (nighttime, two children in a bunk bed):
Child (top bunk): I thought for sure it was to be festive.
Child (bottom bunk): We were so naive back this morning.
Votey:
Dad (looking grim, glasses, mustache): You are stronger now, my children. Stronger.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A bespectacled, mustached dad sits in a chair while a small child asks, "Dad, why do gifts come in wrapping paper?" Panel 2: The dad replies gravely, "To teach you the lesson that anticipation will always be more beautiful than actuality." Panel 3: That night, the two children lie in a bunk bed in the dark. The top-bunk child says, "I thought for sure it was to be festive," and the bottom-bunk child answers, "We were so naive back this morning," their innocence shattered by the dad's bleak philosophy. Votey: A close-up of the dad's solemn face as he intones, "You are stronger now, my children. Stronger."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.