Bad Parable — Summer Grocery Shopping by Teddie Bernard.

Transcript

Panel One: A small mouse walks through a hazy landscape, carrying two large bags, a cityscape in the background hidden in smog. A caption box reads, “Our intrepid explorer is the single soul outside.”

Panel Two: The caption box reads, “They hope they will be protected from the sun radiation and the atmosphere’s dirty smog—but they can feel smoke fill their chest.” The mouse is shown covering a hand over their eyes to look forward in the smoke. They are wearing sunglasses and a N95 mask.

Panel Three: The mouse sees a building in the distance with a single window lit up in blue, contrasting against the orange and yellow smog. Caption box reads, “They still push forward a beacon signaling hope on the horizon…”

Panel Four: Yello the mouse arrives in the apartment, holding the two bags. Kat, Yello’s roommate, looks up from their work, and asks, “Oh, back from grocery shopping already?”