forest-friends
Original: forest-friends on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A woman with long orange hair, wearing a red and yellow princess-style dress, stands in a forest clearing with her arms outstretched joyfully. Small animals (a yellow bird, rabbits) are scattered around the trees.
Woman: COME TO ME, FOREST FRIENDS!
Panel 2:
Caption banner: LATER...
A news anchor (a man in a suit with a red tie) sits at a desk holding a sheet of paper. To his right is a screen/window showing a ground squirrel holding food.
News anchor: AND COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR, SCIENTISTS TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT GROUND SQUIRRELS ARE A RESERVOIR FOR THE BLACK PLAGUE... A DISCOVERY MADE IN A WAY YOU MAY FIND... ENCHANTING.
Votey:
A simple cartoon man's face fills the panel.
Man: IN CONCLUSION, THE WAY SHE DIED WAS POSITIVELY NUTS!
A woman with long orange hair, wearing a red and yellow princess-style dress, stands in a forest clearing with her arms outstretched joyfully. Small animals (a yellow bird, rabbits) are scattered around the trees.
Woman: COME TO ME, FOREST FRIENDS!
Panel 2:
Caption banner: LATER...
A news anchor (a man in a suit with a red tie) sits at a desk holding a sheet of paper. To his right is a screen/window showing a ground squirrel holding food.
News anchor: AND COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR, SCIENTISTS TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT GROUND SQUIRRELS ARE A RESERVOIR FOR THE BLACK PLAGUE... A DISCOVERY MADE IN A WAY YOU MAY FIND... ENCHANTING.
Votey:
A simple cartoon man's face fills the panel.
Man: IN CONCLUSION, THE WAY SHE DIED WAS POSITIVELY NUTS!
Alt text
Two-panel comic. Panel 1: A red-haired woman in a princess dress stands in a forest with arms spread wide, calling out cheerfully to surrounding birds and rabbits, "Come to me, forest friends!" Panel 2, captioned "Later...": A TV news anchor at a desk holds a paper beside a screen showing a ground squirrel. He reports that scientists announced ground squirrels are a reservoir for the Black Plague, "a discovery made in a way you may find... enchanting" -- implying the princess's friendly animals gave her the plague. Votey: A plain cartoon man's face says, "In conclusion, the way she died was positively nuts!" -- a pun on squirrels and nuts.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.