Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for May 16, 2021

way to ruin it, Kevin

“Ooh, I want to hear what happened to Kevin’s bucket head! Can we hear that one?”

Beni’s like, “Oh no, not this again!”

….I bet Nara has a duck shaped potato….

Obviously, Kevin’s story is a lot more factual than Alice’s.

There’s Kipling’s version in the Just So Stories, which I remember from when I was little; I think my father read it to me first.

Are children still allowed to read Kipling? That’s a genuine question. Seems like some people would label him “problematic” these days, but I might be assuming too much.

Please don’t stop her just yet, Teach!

Poor Nara always has to follow Alice.

“Look, Mommy! The elephant has baggy pantyhose, just like yours!”

(A real commercial from back in the day.)

Same thing happened to my dress shirt the other day. What a mess.

the imagination of a child is needed for their development. i’d say Alice is well on her way!

I love Alice.

Some people don’t like to be mansplained.

Alice’s four-year-old imagination blends a rudimentary knowledge of elephants (and, it seems, mastodons—I guess Blisshaven must have done a fieldtrip to the local natural history museum at some point) and observations at home into a credible mix. Kevin offers a simpler alternative take (Occam’s Razor, you know). Miss Bliss saves Alice from committing assault, and poor Nara yet again is thrust into the rôle of Safe Back-up while Alice is in the Penalty Box….

(Did you notice my Old Guy’s imagination back in that first parenthesis?)