Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for November 30, 2021

Sounds like a cliffhanger – punchline tomorrow?

Then let her tell us how she got the door open; was it on purpose or just the result of “messing around ?”

The rusted lock fell apart when she fiddled with it maybe.

She’s been reading Shakespeare for ideas. She’ll try pickpocketing next.

Easy?

Such a pleasant expression on that child’s face, but with just a hint of…….hmmm…..better watch out.

Fingerprint the kid in advance.It’ll save time ten years from now.

I worked with a guy who had trained to be a locksmith. (His second job). If someone lost their key to a locked room, he would pick the lock for them.

No strips today????

She’s been on YouTube, viewing The Lock-picking Lawyer.

Funny how the extremely young ones in this strip all look old enough to have been cast in a Beatrix Potter production if one had been made in her day.