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i-know

Original: i-know on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
A child with flame-like orange curly hair, wearing a t-shirt and holding a jack-o'-lantern candy pail, stands on a walkway at night facing an elderly woman in a long red robe who stands in a doorway holding a bowl of candy.
Child: "I KNOW WHAT YOU DID. I KNOW ABOUT THE "ACCIDENT." TRICK OR TREAT."

Caption (below panel): The odds were low, but if it worked, the payoff would be legendary.

Votey:
Close-up of the elderly woman's smiling face.
Woman: "STEP INTO MY PARLOR, DEARIE."

Alt text

A nighttime Halloween scene. A small child with wild orange curly hair, holding a jack-o'-lantern candy bucket, stands on a walkway and confronts an elderly woman in a long red robe who holds a bowl of candy in her doorway. The child says, "I know what you did. I know about the 'accident.' Trick or treat." The caption reads: "The odds were low, but if it worked, the payoff would be legendary" — the joke being the kid is blackmailing a stranger on the off chance it lands a bigger haul. Votey: a close-up of the old woman's sinister smiling face as she replies, "Step into my parlor, dearie," implying the gamble has backfired and she is the dangerous one.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.