wolf-2
Original: wolf-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A wolf stands in a forest.
Narration: Once upon a time there was a wolf.
Panel 2: The wolf in a forest clearing.
Narration: Every day the wolf would go out into a clearing and cry "boy."
Panel 3: The wolf among trees.
Narration: When it did, other wolves would come, only to find that there was no boy.
Panel 4: The wolf in the clearing again.
Narration: The wolf did this again and again until, one time, there really was a boy in the clearing.
Panel 5: The wolf calls out; a small "boy?" sound appears.
Narration: The wolf cried "boy" and nobody came.
Wolf: boy?
Panel 6: The wolf with a boy.
Narration: And so the wolf got to eat the boy all by himself.
Panel 7: A child sits on the lap of an older person (grandparent) reading from a book of fables.
Child: Wow grandpa, that one was morally incoherent.
Grandpa: You should see the one where everyone turns out beautiful, but the duckling.
Book cover text: Wolf Bedtime Fables
Votey: A speech bubble from an unseen speaker, with a small howling/whistling wolf shape beneath.
Speaker: And the bear tried to sleep in Goldilocks' house because it had no habitat.
Narration: Once upon a time there was a wolf.
Panel 2: The wolf in a forest clearing.
Narration: Every day the wolf would go out into a clearing and cry "boy."
Panel 3: The wolf among trees.
Narration: When it did, other wolves would come, only to find that there was no boy.
Panel 4: The wolf in the clearing again.
Narration: The wolf did this again and again until, one time, there really was a boy in the clearing.
Panel 5: The wolf calls out; a small "boy?" sound appears.
Narration: The wolf cried "boy" and nobody came.
Wolf: boy?
Panel 6: The wolf with a boy.
Narration: And so the wolf got to eat the boy all by himself.
Panel 7: A child sits on the lap of an older person (grandparent) reading from a book of fables.
Child: Wow grandpa, that one was morally incoherent.
Grandpa: You should see the one where everyone turns out beautiful, but the duckling.
Book cover text: Wolf Bedtime Fables
Votey: A speech bubble from an unseen speaker, with a small howling/whistling wolf shape beneath.
Speaker: And the bear tried to sleep in Goldilocks' house because it had no habitat.
Alt text
A seven-panel SMBC comic retelling "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" inverted, from the wolf's point of view. Panels show a wolf in a forest as narration explains: once there was a wolf who would go to a clearing every day and cry "boy," causing other wolves to come and find no boy. He did this repeatedly until one day there really was a boy. The wolf cried "boy" (small "boy?"), nobody came, and so the wolf got to eat the boy all by himself. In the final panel, a child sits on a grandparent's lap with a book titled "Wolf Bedtime Fables" and says, "Wow grandpa, that one was morally incoherent." Grandpa replies, "You should see the one where everyone turns out beautiful, but the duckling." Votey: a speech bubble (with a tiny howling wolf below) continues a mangled fable: "And the bear tried to sleep in Goldilocks' house because it had no habitat."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.