Growth
Original: Growth on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with a beard and a wide-brimmed hat (holding up a scraggly plant root): FAMILY! I'VE DECIDED TO SAVE MONEY BY GROWING MY OWN STRAWBERRIES.
(A woman with glasses and two children stand nearby.)
Panel 2:
Caption: 4,000 DOLLARS LATER...
Panel 3:
The bearded man (close-up, pinching a tiny red strawberry between his fingers): BEHOLD! THE LITERAL FRUIT OF MY LABOR.
Panel 4:
The bearded man (now looking dejected, standing in front of his family): DO NOT EAT THE FRUIT OF MY LABOR IT IS MOSTLY SLUGS.
Votey:
Close-up of the bearded man's face: THE RED PART IS ANTS!
Man with a beard and a wide-brimmed hat (holding up a scraggly plant root): FAMILY! I'VE DECIDED TO SAVE MONEY BY GROWING MY OWN STRAWBERRIES.
(A woman with glasses and two children stand nearby.)
Panel 2:
Caption: 4,000 DOLLARS LATER...
Panel 3:
The bearded man (close-up, pinching a tiny red strawberry between his fingers): BEHOLD! THE LITERAL FRUIT OF MY LABOR.
Panel 4:
The bearded man (now looking dejected, standing in front of his family): DO NOT EAT THE FRUIT OF MY LABOR IT IS MOSTLY SLUGS.
Votey:
Close-up of the bearded man's face: THE RED PART IS ANTS!
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat holds up a scraggly plant and announces to his wife and two kids, "FAMILY! I'VE DECIDED TO SAVE MONEY BY GROWING MY OWN STRAWBERRIES." Panel 2: A blank panel with the caption "4,000 DOLLARS LATER..." Panel 3: Close-up of the man pinching one tiny strawberry between his fingers, declaring, "BEHOLD! THE LITERAL FRUIT OF MY LABOR." Panel 4: The man now stands looking deflated in front of his family and admits, "DO NOT EAT THE FRUIT OF MY LABOR IT IS MOSTLY SLUGS." The joke: a costly home-gardening project yields one pathetic, bug-infested berry. Votey (aftercomic): A rough sketch of the man's face as he adds, "THE RED PART IS ANTS!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.