The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for June 17, 2014
June 16, 2014
June 18, 2014
Transcript:
CHILD: "DONATE TO THE CHILDREN'S FUND?" GIVING TREE: "UH, NO CASH ON ME, SORRY." CHILD: (THOUGHT) "SOME GIVING TREE YOU ARE..." SHEL SILVERSTEIN'S FIRST DRAFT
This story might have been better for the tree than the one Shel Silverstein published, but it probably wouldn’t have sold as well. You can find Shel’s poem online if you haven’t read it before. It’s a quick read.
interceptor almost 10 years ago
No cash? Should have stopped off at the bank’s branch office.
Trilobyte Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Cash in his hip pocket… knot.
jreckard almost 10 years ago
The kid would have better luck with a younger one – an infantree.
pcolli almost 10 years ago
He already gave at the coppice.
J Short almost 10 years ago
Get a saw and threaten to trunk-ate.
Mopman almost 10 years ago
Looks like the Jolly Green Giant’s tree.
Charlie Fogwhistle almost 10 years ago
This story might have been better for the tree than the one Shel Silverstein published, but it probably wouldn’t have sold as well. You can find Shel’s poem online if you haven’t read it before. It’s a quick read.
GROG Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Try the ticket oak.
MeGoNow Premium Member almost 10 years ago
He gave the last one a wooden nickle.
love gocomics almost 10 years ago
the comments are better than the strip…it pays to read them.
LingeeWhiz almost 10 years ago
What? I give you shade, I give you oxygen in your atmosphere, I give you beauty and you still want more?
NaturLvr almost 10 years ago
Just curious…what is FTTLHF?
Perkycat almost 10 years ago
I’m going out on a limb here, but I think the tree just gives to ‘green’ charities.
What? Me worried ? almost 10 years ago
Well, the tree could have said"Make like a tree kid and leaf !
Scorchwave almost 10 years ago
The portrait of that guy on the back cover scared me.
heatherjasper almost 10 years ago
One of the saddest children’s books ever written.