Comic 131

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Oh no! Steve's caught red-handed!

Link: Comic 131

Title: nuts to you - part 1

Date: November 18, 2005

Summary: Steve finds a hidden cache of diamonds, but the squirrel who owns them isn't so happy.

Cast: Beaver, Steve, Squirrel

Onomatopoeias used: "NIK NIK", "GRBL GRBL", "TOSS!", "GLAAA!", "MONCH!", "SCOOP!", "SPARKLE!", "CLI-ICK!"

Number of panels: 8

Transcript

Panel 1

Beaver and Steve are in the park, a squirrel is on a nearby tree, making NIK NIK sounds.
Steve: "Beaver, what is that weird rat thing doing?"
Beaver: "That's a squirrel Steve; it's gathering acorns so that it has food for the winter."
Steve: "Acorns...?"

Panel 2

Beaver: "Now come on, let's go and play aviation pioneers while the wind is still up! I'll be Clément Ader, you can be Chuhachi Ninomiya!"
Steve: "Food..?"
Steve's stomach grumbles loudly: "GRBL GRBL"
Beaver: "To the skies!"

Panel 3

An inside view of the hole in the tree.

Panel 4

Steve peeks in.

Panel 5

Steve throws the acorns up with a "TOSS!", and swallows them with a "GLAAA!".

Panel 6

Squirrel: "What the... my acorns!"
Steve eats the acorns with a "MONCH!".
Steve: "Waf acornf?"

Panel 7

Steve: "Wait - there's something under these acorns... diamonds!"
Steve pushes away the acorns with a "SCOOP!", and reveals the diamonds, which "SPARKLE!".
Squirrel: "So you figured it out... very clever..."

Panel 8

Squirrel: "But I'm afraid that now you know too much..."
The gun makes an ominous "CLI-ICK!".
[To be contd.]

Fun Facts

None.

References

• Clément Ader was a French engineer born in Muret, Haute Garonne remembered primarily for his pioneering work in aviation.
• Likewise, Chuhachi Ninomiya was an early aviation pioneer.
• Steve's line "waf acornf?" is a slight reference to his line "waf affl?" in Comic 14.