Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for May 10, 2018

well, at least Alice got the bag

Dill in 30 years: “She turned me into a newt!”

For some reason I have The Three Stooges theme in my head right now

Love panel 2

Run! It’s the beginning of Twitter!

Are you sure this is about kids?

LOL! Run-a-way!!!!!

“I tawt I taw a Tweety Bird!”

He rocks in the tree tops all day longHoppin’ and a-boppin’ and singing his songAll the little birdies on Jaybird StreetLove to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweetRockin’ robin, rock rockRockin’ robin’Blow rockin’ robin‘Cause we’re really gonna rock tonightEvery little swallow, every chick-a-deeEvery little bird in the tall oak treeThe wise old owl, the big black crowFlappin’ their wings singing go bird goRockin’ robin, rock rockRockin’ robin’Blow rockin’ robin‘Cause we’re really gonna rock tonightPretty little raven at the bird-band standTold them how to do the bob and it was grandThey started going steady and bless my soulHe out-bopped the buzzard and the orioleHe rocks in the tree tops all day longHoppin’ and a-boppin’ and singing his songAll the little birdies on Jaybird StreetLove to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweetRockin’ robin, rock rockRockin’ robin’Blow rockin’ robin‘Cause we’re really gonna rock tonightPretty little raven at the bird-band standTold them how to do the bob and it was grandThey started going steady and bless my soulHe out-bopped the buzzard and the orioleHe rocks in the tree tops all day longHoppin’ and a-boppin’ and singing his songAll the little birdies on Jaybird StreetLove to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweetRockin’ robin, rock rockRockin’ robin’Blow rockin’ robin‘Cause we’re really gonna rock tonight

Got a dense, tall, prickly holly bush you don’t want to get too close to and there’s a mockingbird nest near the top in there and a California gnat-catcher’s a bit further down. I would never have known if I hadn’t seen that mocker somehow zip into an unbelievably small gap and disappear. I love this strip!

Does anyone else remember being that age and engaging in those four-year-old versions of reality games? The deeper I get into my second childhood, the clearer they become. How easy it was to reinforce each other’s fantasies and make the simplest encounters into grand adventures!

I’d continue, but here comes the dreaded Uh-oh Baby. RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!

Dill, Dill, Dill, my man! It did not eat Alice!

At least, not yet….

Run!