For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for November 20, 2019

At first I thought, “Here is a very literal kid overreacting.” Then I remembered that little Leah has probably seen Elly eat before, so her fears may be entirely realistic.

kid thinks pregnancy leads to cannibalism, huh?

These strips are interesting to me, because I started reading around when April was a baby. So I’m seeing a few characters that were later de-emphasized a lot, such as Annie here. I have zero recollection of her ever existing- was she a sacrifice once April took over the strip? I swear she’s in the comic more than Connie.

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Children are not the only people who suffer distress by taking figurative comments literally.

“You’re so cute, I could EAT you.”

Yes, kids are that smart, that young. I mentioned to my grandson(3 years old at the time) that grandchildren were ‘crunchy and chewy and tasted good with steak sauce,’ It took only 10 seconds for him to declare that “Grandpa wants to eat me!!!!!!”

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

I just realized this is one of the last times if not THE last time we see Annie and her kids. Which is weird because she has this whole long life story on FBorFW website but isn’t really featured in the actual comic.

How is a four-year-old even able to understand cannibalism, much less even know the definition of it?

Any child that age and up understands …the term “Eat” no matter what it is…

RUN AWAY!!!!!!

Hmm, “cleaning off” must be another Canadianism. In the US we say “polishing off”.